Definition of "halse" in Englisch

noun

1. (anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.

   • Well, as you know they used to hang folk by the halse for horse theft.

verb

1. (dialectal) To fall upon the neck of; hug; embrace.

verb

1. (transitive) To greet; salute; hail.

2. (transitive) To beseech; adjure.

noun

1. Alternative form of hawse.

verb

1. (obsolete) To haul; to hoist.