halterbreak

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English

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Etymology

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From halter +‎ break.

Verb

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halterbreak (third-person singular simple present halterbreaks, present participle halterbreaking, simple past halterbroke, past participle halterbroken)

  1. To get an animal used to wearing and being handled in a halter.
    • 1968, Harold James Cook, Tales of the 04 Ranch: Recollections of Harold J. Cook:
      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.