[hak-uh-mawr, -mohr] 
| 1. | a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts. |
| 2. | Western U.S. any of several forms of halter used esp. for breaking horses. |
| hack·a·more (hāk'ə-môr', -mōr') n. A rope or rawhide halter with a wide band that can be lowered over a horse's eyes, used in breaking horses to a bridle. [Alteration of Spanish jáquima, halter, from Old Spanish xaquima, from Arabic šakīma, bit of a bridle, from šakama, to bridle; see śkm in Semitic roots.] |