Lewis Short
halter (noun M) = ἁλτήρ: in gymnastics
* Leaden weights held in the hands in leaping exercises, to add to the impetus of the body, the dumb-bells of modern gymnastics, Mart. 14, 49, 1; 7, 67, 6 (pure Lat. manipuli, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 2, 38).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary