halteredadj.
/ˈhɔːltəd/ Having a halter on; fastened with or as with a halter; figurative fettered, hampered.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] > restricted in free action
coarctc1420
shackledc1440
coarcteda1500
haltered?1510
catesnd1566
straited1581
immurate1593
chained1613
hampered1633
muzzled1647
throttled1677
tethereda1680
fetlocked1725
strangled1813
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
iron-bound1850
cabined1853
manacled1861
vaulted1863
tied1876
strait-jacketed1894
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > in free action
coarctc1420
shackledc1440
coarcteda1500
haltered?1510
catesnd1566
straited1581
chained1613
hampered1633
muzzled1647
tethereda1680
fetlocked1725
strangled1813
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
iron-bound1850
cabined1853
manacled1861
vaulted1863
tied1876
strait-jacketed1894
?1510 Treatyse Galaunt (de Worde) sig. Aiv They go haltred in them as hors in the stable.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 131 A halter'd necke, which do's the Hangman thanke, For being yare about him. View more context for this quotation
1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 281 A halter'd heroine Johnson sought to slay—We saved Irene, but half damn'd the play.
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adj.?1510