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See definition of halter on Dictionary.com
  • as inbridle
  • as inlasso
  • as inrein
  • as intether

synonyms for halter

  • check
  • control
  • curb
  • deterrent
  • hackamore
  • headstall
  • leash
  • rein
  • restraint
  • trammels
See also synonyms for: halters
  • curb
  • bit
  • brake
  • bridle
  • check
  • deterrent
  • governor
  • harness
  • hold
  • line
  • restriction
  • strap

antonyms for halter

MOST RELEVANT
  • encouragement
  • liberation
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      How to use halter in a sentence

      He turned kind of white around the gills when he first felt the halter around his neck, and then braced up and not a whimper.
      THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNN
      The wonder is that between sword and halter there was any able-bodied man left in Munster.
      IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS, VOL. II (OF 3)RICHARD BAGWELL
      Nothing should prevent him, he said, from leading her to the halter, from makin her his adoarable wife.
      MEMOIRS OF MR. CHARLES J. YELLOWPLUSHWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
      If thy friends agree in calling thee an ass, go and get a halter around thee.
      HEBRAIC LITERATURE; TRANSLATIONS FROM THE TALMUD, MIDRASHIM AND KABBALAVARIOUS
      When I opened the gate I reached for Dolly's halter, but she wheeled in her tracks and let fly at me with both heels.
      THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHUR
      The afternoon was half gone before Twinkleheels let his young master put the halter on him.
      THE TALE OF PONY TWINKLEHEELSARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
      Running to the barn, he caught up Twinkleheels' halter and snatched the four-quart measure off the top of a barrel.
      THE TALE OF PONY TWINKLEHEELSARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
      He stood perfectly still while Johnnie slipped the halter on his head and buckled it.
      THE TALE OF PONY TWINKLEHEELSARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
      While he was munching the oats Johnnie Green passed the end of the halter rope about his neck.
      THE TALE OF PONY TWINKLEHEELSARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
      The next morning Johnnie took Twinkleheels' halter and the four-quart measure with three big handfuls of oats in it.
      THE TALE OF PONY TWINKLEHEELSARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
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      WORDS RELATED TO HALTER

      • check
      • control
      • curb
      • deterrent
      • hackamore
      • halter
      • headstall
      • leash
      • rein
      • restraint
      • trammels
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