hackamore

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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

Deftly seizing one by the nose, the girl forced a rope "hackamore" she had brought with her into its mouth, and cast off its hobbles.

From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Payson, Lieut. Howard

The cowboy who had him in tow took an extra dally around the saddle horn as the Texan, hackamore in hand, felt his way inch by inch along the taut lead-rope.

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

We'd ketch 'im up, hackamore 'im up, saddle 'im up and get on 'im and let 'im go.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

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

From The Mucker by Burroughs, Edgar Rice