halter
noun
[ ˈhɔːltə ]
• a strap or rope placed around the head of a horse or other animal, used for leading or tethering it.
• a strap around the neck that holds a dress or top in place, leaving the shoulders and back bare.
• "tourists in halter tops and shorts"
halter
verb
• put a halter on (an animal).
• "the horse stops running and agrees to being haltered"
Origin:
Old English hælftre, of Germanic origin, meaning ‘something to hold things by’; related to German Halfter, also to helve.
