Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Halter \Hal"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haltered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Haltering}.]
   To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a
   halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. ``A haltered
   neck.'' --Shak.