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hackamore

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Hackamore (noun) means a type of horse bridle that has no bit.

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A type of horse bridle that has no bit.
"Before they could agree or disagree he’d hauled the horse around by the hackamore and was pounding off up the track." — Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses (1992)
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Etymology

Possibly from Spanish jáquima (“halter”).

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"hackamore" (noun) means a type of horse bridle that has no bit.
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Other words for "hackamore" include halter.

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