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Webster 1913 Edition

(hăk′ȧ-mōr)

Noun.

[Cf. Sp.

jaquima

headstall of a halter.]

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

[Western U. S.]

hackamore ‎(plural hackamores)

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

bridle with no bit