halt
noun
- stop
verb
- stop
adjective
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Pronunciation: /hɒlt/ / /hɔːlt/ / /hɔlt/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
- Lame, limping.
“It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell […]”
“Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.”
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French halte. See also Etymology 2.
- A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.
“Halts were normally unstaffed, tickets being sold on the train.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information).
- To stop marching.
- To stop either temporarily or permanently.
“And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.”
- To bring to a stop.
- To cause to discontinue.
“The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.”