noun a strong strap or cord.
2. halter ·noun one who halts or limps; a cripple.
3. halter ·noun a rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.
4. halter ·noun a rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse.
5. halter ·vt to tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter.