Definition of "hackamore" [hack•a•more]

• A rope or rawhide halter with a wide band that can be lowered over a horse's eyes, used in breaking horses to a bridle. (noun)

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• "She put the chestnut through his paces—walk, trot, canter, change leads, round turns—until she was satisfied the horse was working nicely and responding well to the pressure of the hackamore."
• "The barn was full of hay dust and horse smells, shadowed and cool, as Sharon led the chestnut into his stall and clipped on his halter before removing the hackamore."
• "When the horse was through drinking, he turned it loose in the corral, drooped the hackamore over a hook on the porch, lifted the gunnysack with its mysterious burden."