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
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)
When at last hackamore and saddle were in place, and the bay stood trembling and sweating, Phil wiped the perspiration from his own forehead and turned to the stranger.
From When A Man's A Man by Wright, Harold Bell
Dade went on tying the hackamore with a haste that might be called anxious.
From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto
The big blue leaned back, crouching on his haunches as the man put on the hackamore.
From The Settling of the Sage by Evarts, Hal G. (Hal George)
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