n. One who halts or limps; a cripple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. hælftre; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

No man e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Haltered 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "alth^res weights used in jumping, fr. "a`llesqai to leap. ] (Zool.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. A kind of halter usually made of raw hide. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudohalteres [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Halteres. ] (Zool.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Wag + halter. ] One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged. [ Colloq. & Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I can tell you, I am a mad wag-halter. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]