hackamore

A kind of bridle with no bit.

Noun

  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

Origin

Perhaps from Spanish jáquima (“halter”).

Forms

hackamores