halt, hault

[A. S. healt; cogn. with Icel. haltr; Dan. halt; Sw. halt; Goth. halts: O. H. Ger. halz.] Lame, crippled; unable to walk without limping. "Bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the halt , and the blind." -Luke xiv. 21. halt, *âlt, interj. & s. [Sp. alt a; Fr. alte.] A. As interj.: An order addre ed to troops on the march to stop or cease to advance. B. As subst.: The act of halting or stopping on a march. "In motion, or in halt. "- Milton: P. L., vi. 532. halt, s. [HALT, a.] 1. The act or condition of limping; lamene . 2. A disease in sheep. "Gouty ails, by shepherds termed the halt ." Dyer: Fleece , bk. i.