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
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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
“You haven’t anything but a hackamore on him,” said Merry.
From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Burt L. Standish
He had fashioned a hackamore for each and they stood tied to the corral bars.
From The Settling of the Sage by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts
One puts a weanling on a rope halter, accustoms him to the feel of the hackamore, of being with men.
From Rebel Spurs by Andre Norton
Tied to a bush, by a hackamore, was an iron-gray colt, the fastest on the ranch.
From Injun and Whitey to the Rescue by William S. Hart
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