halster
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English
Noun
halster (plural halsters)
- One who draws a barge alongside a river using a rope.
References
- James Orchard Halliwell (1846) “HALSTER”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, , →OCLC, page 430, column 2.
- “halster”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
- lathers, slather, relaths, Sharlet, halters, thalers, Hartels, Hartles, Thalers, Stahler, harslet, Lathers
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish halster. Cognate of Saterland Frisian halster (“bread baked on a grill”).
Noun
halster n
Declension
Declension of halster
Derived terms
References
- halster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- halster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- halster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- halster in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)