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hackamore

[ hak-uh-mawr, -mohr ]

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noun

a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
Western U.S. any of several forms of halter used especially for breaking horses.

hackamore

/ ˈhækəˌmɔː /

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1840–50, Americanism; alteration (by folk etymology) of Spanish jáquima headstall < Arabic shaqīmah

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C19: by folk etymology from Spanish jáquima headstall, from Old Spanish xaquima, from Arabic shaqīmah

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Then he put the hackamore on it and took it out to the gate and tied it to the fence.

Then with the animal's hackamore in his hand, he mounted and rode to join Hugh.

Collie, using both hands, swung the hackamore across the outlaw's neck and tugged.

Then the younger man, talking to her meanwhile, slipped off the bridle and adjusted a hackamore in its place.

The boy, still grasping the hackamore in his left hand, with his right threw the saddle blanket over the animal's back.

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