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

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

From The Mucker by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Another thicker and softer rope was knotted so that it could not slip about the now sweating neck, and fashioned into a hackamore or halter about the animal's nose.

From When A Man's A Man by Wright, Harold Bell

“You haven’t anything but a hackamore on him,” said Merry.

From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Standish, Burt L.

Dade went on tying the hackamore with a haste that might be called anxious.

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto