helter

English

Noun

helter (plural helters)

(Northern England, obsolete) Alternative spelling of halter (rope, cord, or similar thing that fastens around the neck). [15th and 16th century]

See also

helter-skelter

References

“helter” listed as a fifteenth- and sixteenth-century northern-English spelling variant of “halter, n.¹”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

Anagrams

Ehlert, Hertel, three L

Middle English

Noun

helter

Alternative form of halter

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

helter m

indefinite plural of helt

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