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

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)

As Blue regained his feet Harris stepped into the saddle and rose with him, the hackamore rope trailing loose under the horse's feet.

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

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

You better take off your boots and rub some feeling into your feet while I make a hackamore for that horse.

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto