Plural of halter; multiple straps or devices placed around an animal's head for leading and control.
From halter (noun) with the standard English plural -s. Halter itself comes from Old English 'hælfter' from Proto-Germanic *half-.
The halter is one of humanity's earliest animal-control technologies—thousands of years old and still basically unchanged. It's a perfect design that works because it respects anatomy.
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