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Hackamore

noun
1.
Rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading.  Synonym: halter.






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"Hackamore" Quotes from Famous Books



... the only one who made that mistake," Dade retorted grimly, and looked back. "Good thing those hombres are afoot. We'll get on a little farther and then we'll fix a hackamore so you can ...
— The Gringos • B. M. Bower

... desperate animal. And so, presently, the kind hand was again stretched forth; and then a broad band of leather was deftly slipped over the black's frightened eyes. Another thicker and softer rope was knotted so that it could not slip about the now sweating neck, and fashioned into a hackamore or halter about the animal's nose. Then the riata was loosed. Working deftly, silently, gently—ever wary of those dangerous hoofs—Phil next placed blanket and saddle on the trembling black and drew ...
— When A Man's A Man • Harold Bell Wright

... Mr. B! Hickamore, Hackamore, on the King's kitchen door; All the King's horses, and all the King's men, Couldn't drive Hickamore, Hackamore, Off the King's ...
— The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter • Beatrix Potter



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