hackamore

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Spanish jáquima ‘halter’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhækəmɔː/

Noun

hackamore (plural hackamores)

1. a kind of bridle with no bit

   • 1992: Before they could agree or disagree he’d hauled the horse around by the hackamore and was pounding off up the track. — Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses