† halsier Obs. rare—0.
[Origin uncertain: perh. to be connected with halser, hawser.]
See quots. and halster.
| 1583 J. Higins tr. Junius' Nomenclator (N.), Helciarius,..an halsier, or he which haleth and draweth a ship or barge alongst the river by a rope: also he that draweth up burthens and packes into a ship. 1598 Florio, Alzaniere, a halsier or he that haleth a ship or barge by a rope: a halse or halsier in a ship. 1658 [see halster]. |