hackamore
Americannoun
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a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
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Western U.S. any of several forms of halter used especially for breaking horses.
noun
Etymology
Origin of hackamore
1840–50, alteration (by folk etymology) of Spanish jáquima headstall < Arabic shaqīmah
Example Sentences
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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
Tying the hackamore about her waist, she took a single deep breath of reassurance and stepped out into the river.
From The Mucker by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
A hackamore with a piece of halter rope attached to it hung across the upper bar.
From The Mucker by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
I'm going to ride him to-day with a hackamore; and you watch him perform, old man!
From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto
You better take off your boots and rub some feeling into your feet while I make a hackamore for that horse.
From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto
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