- hackamore bit
- According to Watts, a bit lacking a mouthpiece. It is used with a hackamore and usually has a padded noseband.
Cowboy Talk. A Dictionary of Spanish Terms. Robert N. Smead. 2013.
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Hackamore — A hackamore is a type of headgear for a horse which does not have a bit. Instead, it has a special type of noseband that works on pressure points on the horse s face, nose, and chin. Hackamores are most often seen in western riding and other… … Wikipedia
hackamore — (n.) halter for breaking horses, 1850, American English, of uncertain origin. OED and Klein suggests a corruption of Sp. jaquima (earlier xaquima) halter, headstall of a horse, which Klein suggests is from Arabic shakimah bit of a bridle, curb,… … Etymology dictionary
Hackamore — Gebisslose Zäumungen sind in der Ausbildung junger Pferde und beim Reiten im Maul hart gewordener Pferde Alternativen zu konventioneller Zäumung auf Trense. Außerdem finden sie unter anderem Verwendung bei Wanderreitern, da man das Pferd ohne ein … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hackamore (disambiguation) — The word Hackamore can refer to:*The classic hackamore of the vaquero tradition, featuring a bosal noseband *The mechanical hackamore *Any one of a number of designs of bitless bridle, sometimes also referred to as Hackamores, referencing any… … Wikipedia
Bit (horse) — For other uses, see bit (disambiguation). A horse wearing an English bridle with a snaffle bit and a cavesson A bit is a type of horse tack used in equestrian activities, usually made of metal or a synthetic material, and is placed in the mouth… … Wikipedia
bit — Synonyms and related words: ALGOL, COBOL, EDP, FORTRAN, a breath, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, ace, act, actor, aculeus, acumination, afterpiece, allotment, allowance, alphabetic data, alphanumeric code, anchor watch, angular… … Moby Thesaurus
hackamore — noun /ˈhækəmɔː/ a kind of bridle with no bit , 1992: Before they could agree or disagree he’d hauled the horse around by the hackamore and was pounding off up the track. Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses … Wiktionary
hackamore — noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Spanish jáquima bridle Date: 1850 a bridle with a loop capable of being tightened about the nose in place of a bit or with a slip noose passed over the lower jaw … New Collegiate Dictionary
Mechanical hackamore — For other bitless horse headgear, see hackamore and bitless bridle. A mechanical hackamore A mechanical hackamore is a piece of horse tack that is a type of bitless headgear for horses where the reins connect to shanks placed between a noseband… … Wikipedia
Bitless bridle — This article is about generally about a wide range of horse headgear without bits. For bridles with bits, see Bridle. For traditional bitless headgear, see Hackamore. A cross under bitless bridle A bitless bridle is a general term describing a… … Wikipedia
Bridle — A bridle is a piece of equipment used to control a horse. The bridle fits over a horse s head, and has the purpose of controlling the horse. It holds a bit in the horse s mouth. As defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, a bridle includes a… … Wikipedia
