hackamore

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

Mrs. Steele gave the half-awakened Whitey a "foot up" upon the pony, untied the hackamore, and he was gone.

From Injun and Whitey to the Rescue by Hart, William S.

One fore foot was strapped up, a hackamore or bitless bridle was adjusted in place, and he was allowed to arise.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy

You better take off your boots and rub some feeling into your feet while I make a hackamore for that horse.

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto

Up came the hand and the rawhide hackamore slipped slowly into place.

From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)