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Meanings of hackamore in English

Catalan
cabestre
Spanish
bozal

Rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading.

        cabestre
        Usage of hackamore in English
        1
        He had fashioned a hackamore for each and they stood tied to the corral bars.
        The Settling of the Sage
        2
        So he confined himself to a light hackamore alone.
        Bull Hunter
        3
        He stood holding the hackamore and studying the country.
        Blood Meridian
        4
        I use hackamore bridles so there's no bit.
        The Guardian
        5
        The big blue leaned back, crouching on his haunches as the man put on the hackamore.
        The Settling of the Sage
        6
        A hackamore with a piece of halter rope attached to it hung across the upper bar.
        The Mucker
        7
        At first the stallion ignored the rider's signals -thehackamore was not strong enough to restrain the beast.
        House of Bathory
        8
        Tying the hackamore about her waist, she took a single deep breath of reassurance and stepped out into the river.
        The Mucker
        9
        And every summer at home his father added extension courses in the saddle and bridle, spur, hackamore and lariat to his education.
        Laramie Holds the Range
        10
        Aloyz ducked his head and ran back to the locked tack chest - aprecautionagainst the gnawing rats-to find a hackamore.
        House of Bathory
        11
        As Blue regained his feet Harris stepped into the saddle and rose with him, the hackamore rope trailing loose under the horse's feet.
        The Settling of the Sage
        12
        It would be another two hours of patience and coaxing before the horsemaster could slip the hackamore over the stallion's ears and nose.
        House of Bathory
        13
        The rider leaned forward and his hands worked on the head of his mount until the hackamore also came free and was tossed aside.
        The Seventh Man
        14
        She rode a pinto, guided by a hackamore, and was attired quite simply in the universal broad felt hat and a serviceable blue calico gown.
        The Rules of the Game
        15
        'Next to Lee,' said Howard, 'Devine knows the mining game from hackamore to hoof.
        The Desert Valley
        16
        "Thinking?" Perrin hooted from where he was replacing Mandarb's bridle with a hackamore.
        To the blight: the eye of the world
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        Translations for hackamore
        Catalan
        cabestre
        Spanish
        bozal
        Hackamore through the time