THE HALT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(archaic) lame persons collectively

Example:

the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("the halt" is a kind of...):

disabled; handicapped (people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped)

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

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