hackamore

Example Sentences

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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

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 Bowman, Earl Wayland

A hackamore with a piece of halter rope attached to it hung across the upper bar.

From The Mucker by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Up came the hand and the rawhide hackamore slipped slowly into place.

From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

He wore no spurs; and as for Surry, he had no bridle and bit, but a hackamore instead.

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto