Hackamore


[hak-uh-mawr, -mohr] /ˈhæk əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr/

noun
1.
a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
2.
Western U.S. any of several forms of halter used especially for breaking horses.
/ˈhækəˌmɔː/
noun
1.
(US & NZ) a rope or rawhide halter used for unbroken foals
n.

halter for breaking horses, 1850, American English, of uncertain origin. OED and Klein suggests a corruption of Spanish jaquima (earlier xaquima) “halter, headstall of a horse,” which Klein suggests is from Arabic shakimah “bit of a bridle, curb, restraint.”

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