halterneck

English

Example of the back view of a woman wearing a black halterneck from 2001 that leaves her upper back uncovered. She has combined the look with low-rise jeans and is also revealing a white thong to create a whale tail.

Bebe Rexha wearing a sequined halterneck, along with evening gloves and jeans. The cleavage is quite revealing

Etymology

From halter +‎ neck.

Noun

halterneck (plural halternecks)

1. A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.

   Synonyms: haltertop, neckholder

   • 2014, Alan Kenneth Kite, Kalliste, page 10:

     Halterneck or strapless!

2. (less common) A halter top or halterneck top (a garment with such a strap).

   Synonym: halter top

   • 2013, Dan Richardson, Cairo and the Pyramids (Rough Guides Snapshot Egypt):

     […] wearing halternecks, skimpy T-shirts, miniskirts and the like will attract gropers, and the disapproval of both sexes.

   • 2022, Kate Mosse, The Languedoc Trilogy: Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel:

     […] she chose her most comfortable skirt and new blue halterneck, packed everything else, then went down to check out before she headed off to explore Toulouse.

Translations

strap

• Catalan: escolladura hàlter f
• Finnish: niskalenkki (fi)
• German: Neckholder m
• Japanese: ホルターネック (horutānekku)
• Korean: 홀터넥 (holteonek)
• Spanish: escote halter m

References

• “halterneck”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “haltertop”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• halterneck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Halternecks on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons