helter

English

Noun

helter (plural helters)

1. (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

1. Alternative form of halter

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

helter m

1. indefinite plural of helt