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hackamore

[hak-uh-mawr, -mohr] / ˈhæk əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr /


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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

One puts a weanling on a rope halter, accustoms him to the feel of the hackamore, of being with men.

From Rebel Spurs by Norton, Andre

A hackamore with a piece of halter rope attached to it hung across the upper bar.

From The Mucker by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Presently the riders returned, and Phil, when he had removed saddle, blanket and hackamore from his pupil, seated himself on the edge of the watering trough beside the Dean.

From When A Man's A Man by Wright, Harold Bell

The only clothing that iron-gray pony had on during that fourteen-mile ride was a hackamore, and the only clothing Whitey had on was a night-shirt.

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




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