† halter-sack Obs.
[f. halter n.1 + sack.]
A ‘gallows-bird’: a term of obloquy.
| 1598 Florio, Capestro, a rope, a halter, a headstall. Also a wag, a halter-sack, or gallowes-clapper. 1611 Ibid., Capestrello..a haltersacke, a waghalter. 1611 Beaum. & Fl. King & no K. ii. ii, Away, you halter-sack, you. a 1616 ― Triumph of Hon. i, Thy beginning was knapsack, and thy ending will be halter-sack. |