halster
English edit
Noun edit
halster (plural halsters)
- One who draws a barge alongside a river using a rope.
References edit
- James Orchard Halliwell (1846) “HALSTER”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, […], →OCLC, page 430, column 2.
- “halster”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish halster. Cognate of Saterland Frisian halster (“bread baked on a grill”).
Noun edit
halster n
Declension edit
| Declension of halster | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | halster | halstret | halster | halstren |
| Genitive | halsters | halstrets | halsters | halstrens |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- halster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- halster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- halster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- halster in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)