Dictionary entry

Halter (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hal″ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Haltered (–tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Haltering.] To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. “A haltered neck.” Shak.