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

The big blue leaned back, crouching on his haunches as the man put on the hackamore.

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

Dade went on tying the hackamore with a haste that might be called anxious.

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto

Deftly seizing one by the nose, the girl forced a rope "hackamore" she had brought with her into its mouth, and cast off its hobbles.

From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Payson, Lieut. Howard

And every summer at home his father added extension courses in the saddle and bridle, spur, hackamore and lariat to his education.

From Laramie Holds the Range by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)