Halter
Halter (-ẽr) , noun
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
Halter (hal"tẽr) , noun
[Old English halter, helter, helfter, Anglo-Saxon halftre; akin to German halfter, Dutch halfter, halster, and also to English helve. See Helve.]
A strong strap or cord.
(a)
A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse.
(b)
A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose. — Shakespeare
No man e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law.
Halter (-tẽrd) , transitive verb
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.