Usually means: Putting a headcollar on horse.
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  1. haltering: Merriam-Webster
  2. haltering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. haltering: Vocabulary.com
  4. haltering: Wordnik
  5. haltering: Wiktionary
  6. Haltering, haltering: Dictionary.com
  7. Haltering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Haltering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. haltering: FreeDictionary.org
  10. haltering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. haltering: Encyclopedia

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  1. haltering: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (halter)

noun:  A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
noun:  A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
noun:  A halter top.
verb:  (transitive) To place a halter on.
noun:  One who halts or limps; a cripple.
noun:  Alternative form of haltere [(entomology) A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.]
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