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Definition of Haltered
1. halter [v] - See also: halter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haltered
Literary usage of Haltered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Story of My Life: An Account of what I Have Thought and Said and Done in My by William Taylor, John Clark Ridpath (1895)
"In almost utter exhaustion we then off- saddled and knee-haltered our horses,
and half buried ourselves in the sand and soon fell asleep. ..."
2. Conquering the Wilderness, Or, New Pictorial History of the Life and Times by Frank Triplett, Thomas Nast, Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1888)
"... BY THE SAVAGES THE RENEGADE'S REPLY RUNS THE GAUNTLET RESOLVES TO ESCAPE TOO
LATE haltered MEETS SIMON GIRTY BRUTAL TREATMENT "WHAT'S IN A NAME. ..."
3. A Sketch of the Kafir and Zulu Wars: Guadana to Isandhlwana by Henry Hallam Parr (1880)
"Horses in South Africa are not picketed or hobbled, but " knee-haltered ;" that
... He can feed or roll, but cannot go very fast if haltered short enough. ..."
4. At Home in the Wilderness: Being Full Instructions how to Get Along, and to by John Keast Lord (1867)
"Except this plan of haltering ia adopted, I do not believe a train of fifty mules
could be caught singly and haltered in a day; and to venture behind a pack ..."
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