halt

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EXERCISE, ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, ONE, HALT; the rising inflection preparatory to the command halt being placed on the "one" preceding the "halt."

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)

MARCH, instead of HALT, as when at rest.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)

HALT, a change of direction of 45� may be made in accordance with the principles explained in pars.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by Department, U. S. War

HALT, and it passes in review as explained; the commander of the guard is 3 paces in front of its center guide.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by Department, U. S. War

His clockwork was gone, or carious; only some miserable fragment of a pendulum continued to oscillate paralytically from mere incapacity of any thing so abrupt, and therefore so vigorous, as a decided HALT!

From Autobiographical Sketches by De Quincey, Thomas