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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of halter.

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Examples

  • Samson is haltered, and I set off with Ed to the drop-off point in the village from where the subscribers will come to collect them.

    The new breed of young farmer: Ed Hamer, Dartmoor 2011

  • He set the bucket down and retrieved their halters from a nearby branch, then haltered both animals before removing their hobbles, remembering to hold firmly to their lead-ropes as he did.

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  • To make the best of the situation, we unloaded the baggage, distributing and adjusting the trunks, rolls of bedding, crackerboxes, and everything else that would stop a bullet, in such manner as to form a square barricade, two sides of which were the wagons, with the mules haltered to the wheels.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • And yet, when you hear her single, you want to put the gun down, put your haltered mumu on, and get your groove back with the cabana boy.

    BWE SLANG: The “Kraft Single” | Best Week Ever 2007

  • And, in 2039, all art will officially be hung skew-haltered!

    Things I Wish I'd Made (Number 1023 in a Series) - A Dress A Day 2009

  • Rosie wore a flower haltered sundress that showed off her tan and her toned arms and shoulder bones.

    The Christmas Cookie Club Ann Pearlman 2009

  • Rosie wore a flower haltered sundress that showed off her tan and her toned arms and shoulder bones.

    The Christmas Cookie Club Ann Pearlman 2009

  • Rosie wore a flower haltered sundress that showed off her tan and her toned arms and shoulder bones.

    The Christmas Cookie Club Ann Pearlman 2009

  • And hale him forth a haltered steer, and goad and turn him till evenfall.

    The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2009

  • And hale him forth a haltered steer, and goad and turn him till evenfall.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Fred Kiesche 2009

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