Handing him the halter strap I walked down to the tent and stepped in.

A heavy halter rope was then tied to the ring on this strap, and the end of the rope was fastened to a tree.

Wherefore give me hither the halter rein of your mule."

A halter gratis; nothing else, for God's sake.

1 Cit. Away you halter-sack you.

20 'Hang him, the villain's cursed,' he cries; And round his neck the halter ties.