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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Halter \Hal"ter\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Haltered} (-t[~e]rd); 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Halter \Halt"er\ (-[~e]r), noun One who halts or limps; a cripple.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Halter \Hal"ter\ (h[add]l"t[~e]r), noun [OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. h[ae]lftre; akin to G. halfter, D. halfter, halster, and also to E. helve. See {Helve}.] A strong strap or cord. Especially: (a) A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse. (b) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose. --Shak.
No man e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law. --Trumbull.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
halter
noun
1: rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading [syn: {hackamore}]
2: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging [syn: {hangman's rope}, {hangman's halter}, {hemp}, {hempen necktie}]
3: a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
4: either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight [syn: {haltere}, {balancer}]
verb
1: hang with a halter
2: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" [syn: {hamper}, {cramp}, {strangle}] [also: {halteres} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "halter": Oregon boat, ax, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bellyband, bilbo, bit, blinders, blinds, block, bond, bonds, breeching, bridle, camisole, caparison, cavesson, chains, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar, cross, crownband, crupper, cuffs, curb, death chair, death chamber, drop, electric chair, fetter, gag, gag swivel, gallows, gallows-tree, gas chamber, gibbet, girth, guillotine, gyves, hackamore, hames, hametugs, hamper, handcuffs, harness, headgear, headstall, hemp, hempen collar, hip straps, hitch up, hobbles, hook up, hopples, hot seat, irons, jaquima, jerk line, leading strings, leash, lethal chamber, lines, maiden, manacle, martingale, muzzle, noose, noseband, pillory, pole strap, reins, restraint, restraints, ribbons, rope, saddle, scaffold, shackle, shaft tug, side check, snaffle, stake, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, surcingle, tack, tackle, tether, the chair, trammel, trammels, trappings, tree, tug, winker braces, yoke
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