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hackamore

/ˈhækəmɔː/

hackamore noun: a kind of bridle with no bit.

hackamore: a kind of bridle with no bit
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Noun

hackamore (plural hackamores)

  1. A kind of bridle with no bit.
    • Before they could agree or disagree he’d hauled the horse around by the hackamore and was pounding off up the track.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses
    Synonyms:
    jaquima

Synonyms of hackamore

Forms of hackamore

pluralhackamores

Origin of hackamore

Perhaps from Spanish jáquima (“halter”).

Questions about hackamore

What does hackamore mean?
Hackamore means a kind of bridle with no bit.
What part of speech is hackamore?
Hackamore is a noun.
How do you pronounce hackamore?
Hackamore is pronounced /ˈhækəmɔː/.
What is the plural of hackamore?
The plural of hackamore is hackamores.

Words near hackamore in the dictionary

  1. hack-and-slay
  2. hack-iron
  3. hack-irons
  4. hackability
  5. hackable
  6. hackamore
  7. hackamores
  8. hackapick
  9. hackapik
  10. hackaround
  11. hackarounds

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