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Definition of hackamore : A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, - used for leading or tieing a pack animal.

Synonyms:

hangman's halter, hangman's rope, haltere, balancer, hemp, halter, hempen necktie

Usage examples:

• Another thicker and softer rope was knotted so that it could not slip about the now sweating neck, and fashioned into a hackamore or halter about the animal's nose. - "When A Man's A Man", Harold Bell Wright.
• We'll get on a little farther and then we'll fix a hackamore so you can do your own riding, I can't stand it to ride any farther- Are you shot? - "The Gringos", B. M. Bower.
• I'm going to ride him to- day with a hackamore; and you watch him perform, old man! - "The Gringos", B. M. Bower.