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hackamore

[ hak-uh-mawr, -mohr ]

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.


hackamore

/ ˈæəˌɔː /

noun

  1. a rope or rawhide halter used for unbroken foals
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hackamore1

1840–50, Americanism; alteration (by folk etymology) of Spanish áܾ headstall < Arabic 󲹱ī
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hackamore1

C19: by folk etymology from Spanish áܾ headstall, from Old Spanish xaquima, from Arabic 󲹱ī
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“If you will collect tail hair, I might be able to make a hair rope for you sometime. You could use it for a hackamore.”

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A hackamore is sort of like a bridle but without the bit in the horse’s mouth.

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We put the hackamore on him, and he’s been very good.

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Do people usually ride with hackamores out here?”

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"Fetch me that hackamore!" yelled Hardy Atkins from where he knelt on the brute's straining neck.

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