hackamore
hack·a·more
(hăk′ə-môr′)n.
A halter designed for directing a horse by pressure on the nose rather than by a bit, used especially in breaking horses to a bridle.
[Alteration of Spanish jáquima, halter, from Old Spanish xaquima, from Arabic šakīma, bit of a bridle, from šakama, to bridle; see śkm in Semitic roots.]
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hackamore
(ˈhækəˌmɔː)n
(Horse Training, Riding & Manège) US and NZ a rope or rawhide halter used for unbroken foals
[C19: by folk etymology from Spanish jáquima headstall, from Old Spanish xaquima, from Arabic shaqīmah]
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hack•a•more
(ˈhæk əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr)n.
a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
[1840–50, Amer.; alter. (by folk etym.) of Sp jáquima headstall < Arabic shaqīmah]
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