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Hackamore vs Halter - What's the difference?

hackamore | halter |

As nouns the difference between hackamore and halter

is that hackamore is a kind of bridle with no bit while halter is a bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.

As a verb halter is

to place a halter on.

hackamore

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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

    • halter

    English

    (wikipedia halter)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) halter, helter, helfter, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
  • A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
  • *, II.12:
    • And Crates said, that love was cured with hunger, if not by time; and in him that liked not these two meanes, by the halter .
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  • A woman's garment covering the upper chest, a halter top.
    • Synonyms
    * headstall * headpiece * headcollar (British)

    Verb

  • To place a halter on.
    • What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who halts or limps; a cripple.

    • Anagrams

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