The Grapes of Wrath vocabulary

Springing down into Boldwood's pastures, each pocketed his halter to hide it from the horses, who, seeing the men empty-handed, docilely allowed themselves to be seized by the mane, when the halters were dexterously slipped on.

Thomas Hardy. Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)

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“Ay, Dougal!” shouted a tattered hostler, running up to grab the halter of the lead horse.

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Charles on his return put up his horse himself, unsaddled him and put on the halter, while the servant-girl brought a bundle of straw and threw it as best she could into the manger.

Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary

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At the barn he dismounted, watered his horse, held him a moment at the door, haltered him, and put rolled barley in the box beside the manger.

John Steinbeck. East of Eden, p.404 (1952)

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Papa had tied the halter rope around the mule’s neck.