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hackamore definition

☆ hacka·more (hak′ə môr′)

noun

West a rope or rawhide halter with a headstall, used in breaking horses

Etymology: altered < Sp jáquima, halter < Ar shakīma

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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