hackamore

American  

[hak-uh-mawr, -mohr] / ˈhæk əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr /

noun

1. a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.

2. Western U.S. any of several forms of halter used especially for breaking horses.

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hackamore British  

/ ˈhækəˌmɔː /

noun

1. a rope or rawhide halter used for unbroken foals

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Etymology

Origin of hackamore

1840–50, alteration (by folk etymology) of Spanish jáquima headstall < Arabic shaqīmah

Example Sentences

So Williams plans to stop calling a rope a rawhide riata and not use words like hackamore, tapaderas and cinch ring.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Blue regained his feet Harris stepped into the saddle and rose with him, the hackamore rope trailing loose under the horse's feet.

From The Settling of the Sage by Evarts, Hal G. (Hal George)

A hackamore with a piece of halter rope attached to it hung across the upper bar.

From The Mucker by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

She rode a pinto, guided by a hackamore, and was attired quite simply in the universal broad felt hat and a serviceable blue calico gown.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward

From the consulate he went to a local stock-yard and purchased a miserable, flea-bitten, dejected saddle mule, together with a dilapidated old stock saddle with a crupper, and a well-worn horse-hair hackamore.

From The Pride of Palomar by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)