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
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So he confined himself to a light hackamore alone.
From Bull Hunter by Brand, Max
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
Then he adjusted the stirrups to fit her, passed a hair rope from Midget's little hackamore to the pommel of Moses' saddle, mounted the pinto, and proceeded with his first adventure as a riding-master.
From The Valley of the Giants by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
I didn't have to say no more, for I had a hackamore on Mike's attention right there, and he quit climbin' the "G" string and put up his box.
From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.