halter

• n. 手綱；縄
• vt. 手綱をかける；縛る
• n.（ホルター）人名；（D.R.）ホルター；（F.）アルタイ；（E.）ホルト

語源は古英語の haelftre, リードロープ、手綱、PIE*kelp, つかむ、helm, helve から。

halter (n.)

Old English h?lfter "rope for leading a horse," from Proto-Germanic *halftra- "that by which something is held" (cognates: Old Saxon haliftra "halter," Old High German halftra, Middle Dutch halfter), from suffixed form of PIE *kelp- "to hold, grasp" (see helve). Also "hangman's noose" (mid-15c.). In women's clothing sense, originally "strap attached to the top of a backless bodice and looped around the neck," 1935, later extended to the tops themselves.

1. She was dressed in a halter top and shorts.

彼女は三角ベストと半ズボンを着ている。

2.We must lead an ox by the halter .

朝顔は朝顔の鼻をしなければならない.

3.Name not a halter in his house that hanged himself.

（ことわざ）部屋で首をつって死んだ人がいるから、ロープを持ってはいけない。

4.Two colored boys walk by，leading a mule by the halter .

黒人の若者2人がロバを連れて歩いた。

5.The groom unsnaps the halter .

マフが手綱を解く。