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hackamore

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


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So Williams plans to stop calling a rope a rawhide riata and not use words like hackamore, tapaderas and cinch ring.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tied to a bush, by a hackamore, was an iron-gray colt, the fastest on the ranch.

From Injun and Whitey to the Rescue by William S. Hart

He had fashioned a hackamore for each and they stood tied to the corral bars.

From The Settling of the Sage by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts

At the corral the animals wearily tossed their heads, low hung with exhaustion, seeking to shift the sticky clutch of head-stall or hackamore, while their riders dismounted and quickly removed saddle and riding gear.

From The Ramblin' Kid by Earl Wayland Bowman

The only clothing that iron-gray pony had on during that fourteen-mile ride was a hackamore, and the only clothing Whitey had on was a night-shirt.

From Injun and Whitey to the Rescue by William S. Hart




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