hackamore
English edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Spanish jáquima (“halter”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hackamore (plural hackamores)
- A kind of bridle with no bit.
- Synonym: jaquima
- 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:
- Before they could agree or disagree he’d hauled the horse around by the hackamore and was pounding off up the track.