Halse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation [hoːs] · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Halse is a noun meaning (anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.
Meaning
(anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To greet; salute; hail.
- (transitive) To beseech; adjure.
- Alternative form of hawse.
- (dialectal) To fall upon the neck of; hug; embrace.
- (obsolete) To haul; to hoist.
Example Sentences
Well, as you know they used to hang folk by the halse for horse theft.
soo the Kyng took a lytel hackney and but fewe felauship with him vntyl he came vnto sir Tristrams pauelione / and whanne syre Trystram sawe the Kynge / he ranne vnto hym and wold haue holden his styrope / But the kynge lepte from his hors lyghtly / and eyther halsed other in armes
Word Forms
- halses
- halsing
- halsed
- halsh
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hale, heel, halseny, helter, huckle, hawse.
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