hackamore

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Spanish jáquima (“halter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhækəmɔː/

Noun

hackamore (plural hackamores)

1. A kind of bridle with no bit.

   Synonym: jaquima

   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:

     Before they could agree or disagree he’d hauled the horse around by the hackamore and was pounding off up the track.

Translations

bridle with no bit

• Catalan: xàquima f
• Finnish: hodelag
• French: hackamore (fr)
• German: gebisslose Zäumung f
• Polish: hackamore
• Portuguese: xáquima f
• Russian: недоу́здок (ru) m (nedoúzdok)
• Spanish: jáquima (es) f