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the strap that civilized a thousand-pound animal with a knot and a prayer
means A headstall or rope harness fitted over an animal's head to lead or tie it, or by extension a piece of clothing held up by a strap behind the neck.
from From Old English 'hælftre,' a halter for a horse, going back to a Germanic root tied to the idea of something you grip or grab hold of — a cousin of words meaning 'handle' or 'haft.' At its heart it's the noun for 'the thing you take hold of,' which is exactly what a halter is: the graspable end of a very large animal. The clothing sense, the 'halter top' held by a strap around the neck, only swings into English much later by visual analogy.
- horse roots
- Originally a rope to lead and tie livestock
- darker meaning
- Once also named the hangman's noose
- neck necklines
- Halter tops loop behind the neck, baring shoulders
- breaking in
- Foals learn manners through halter training first
- old word
- From Old English roots meaning that which holds
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