Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Halt \Halt\,
   3d pers. sing. pres. of {Hold}, contraction for holdeth.
   [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Halt \Halt\, n. [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to
   hold. See {Hold}.]
   A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of
   progress.

         Without any halt they marched.           --Clarendon.

         [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their
         march soon make a halt.                  --Davenant.

Halt \Halt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Halted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Halting}.]
   1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease
      progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come
      to a stop; to stand still.

   2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to
      hesitate; to be uncertain.

            How long halt ye between two opinions? --1 Kings
                                                  xviii. 21

Halt \Halt\, v. t. (Mil.)
   To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted
   his troops for refreshment.

Halt \Halt\, a. [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel.
   haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.]
   Halting or stopping in walking; lame.

         Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt,
         and the blind.                           --Luke xiv.
                                                  21.

Halt \Halt\, n.
   The act of limping; lameness.

Halt \Halt\, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See {Halt}, a.]
   1. To walk lamely; to limp.

   2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.

            The blank verse shall halt for it.    --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

halt
     adj : disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game
           leg" [syn: {crippled}, {halting}, {lame}, {game}]

halt
     n 1: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
          negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check";
          "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay
          enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire
          stop in his seat" [syn: {arrest}, {check}, {hitch}, {stay},
           {stop}, {stoppage}]
     2: the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the
        bottom of the hill" [syn: {stop}]
     3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
        movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
        [syn: {freeze}]
     v 1: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress";
          "halt the presses" [syn: {hold}, {arrest}]
     2: come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped
        in front of a store window" [syn: {stop}] [ant: {start}]
     3: stop from happening or developing; "Block his election";
        "Halt the process" [syn: {stop}, {block}, {kibosh}]
     4: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them
        the tide" [syn: {stem}, {stanch}, {staunch}]