hackamore

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/ˈhækəmɔː/

noun

A kind of bridle with no bit.

Similar
jaquimahalter
OriginSpanish jáquima →
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Meanings

nounhackamore (plural hackamores)

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 & antonyms

nounA kind of bridle with no bit.

Similar
jaquima

More synonyms by meaning

nounrope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading

Similar
halter
Broader
headgear
Also see
halterjaquima

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Spanishjáquima“halter”
  2. Englishhackamore

Perhaps from Spanish jáquima (“halter”).

More words from Spanish

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan xàquima
  • xàquimabridle with no bit
Finnish kuolaimettomat suitset, hackamore
  • kuolaimettomat suitsetbridle with no bit
  • hackamorebridle with no bit
French hackamore
  • hackamorebridle with no bit
German gebisslose Zäumung
  • gebisslose Zäumungbridle with no bit
Polish hackamore
  • hackamorebridle with no bit
Portuguese xáquima
  • xáquimabridle with no bit
Russian недоу́здок
  • недоу́здок (nedoúzdok)bridle with no bit
Spanish jáquima
  • jáquimabridle with no bit
Cite this entry
APA

hackamore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackamore

MLA

“hackamore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackamore. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hackamore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackamore.

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