halt
To limp; move with a limping gait.
Other meanings
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "healtian" (to be lame, walk with a limp).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “halt” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.