0 a piece of rope or a leather strap that is tied around an animal's head so that it can be led by someone or tied to something -- （牲口的）笼头，缰绳，牲口套
1 a piece of women's clothing that is held in position by a strap that goes behind the neck so that the upper back and shoulders are not covered -- （女子的）露背装
Many halters have another short strap connecting the noseband and the throatlatch.
A fiador-like design and fiador knot is also used under the jaw on some rope halters, usually ending in a loop to which a lead rope can be attached.
On rope halters, particularly designs that can also be used as a type of hackamore or bitless bridle, a fiador is fully incorporated into the headgear and is not detachable.
I shall not squeal if they put a halter round some of us.
Why follow him for ever afterwards with a kind of halter round his neck?
I have seen boys in my area who have had ruptures for years, due to the wearing of the halter.
The left ear was one solid mass of cancerous growth, and on the cheek was another growth that had been rubbed raw from a halter.
They are, as it were, standing on a trap door with the halter of public displeasure round their necks.
