halterbreak en · VERB
Etymology
From halter + break.
Meanings
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To get an animal used to wearing and being handled in a halter.
At odd times we would halterbreak the entire bunch of colts, perhaps 75 or 100 of them. When I grew strong enough to handle them, I did practically nothing but halterbreak colts, breaking two a day, on the average.
1968, Harold James Cook, Tales of the 04 Ranch: Recollections of Harold J. Cook:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| halterbreaks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| halterbreaking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| halterbroke | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| halterbroken | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |