halt

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
halt1

▶verb bring or come to an abrupt stop. ▶noun

• 1 a suspension of movement or activity.

• 2 Brit. a minor stopping place on a local railway line.

– phrases
call a halt order a stop.

– origin C16: orig. in the phr. make halt, from Ger. haltmachen, from halten ‘to hold’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
halt2 archaic

▶adjective lame. ▶verb walk with a limp.

– origin OE healtian (v.), halt, healt (adj.), of Gmc origin.