tack
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7.7
- noun
- /tæk/
- Specialized
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- Remember, your horse's extra hair and your bulky clothes can make tack and equipment less comfortable and more restrictive.
- tack room
- horse tack
- saddle and tack
Examples
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I groomed him for fifteen minutes and went to get my tack.
Fiction book (1996) -
You can keep your saddle in the tack room.
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I asked him to clean the tack and rub the horse down.
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My poor mother wasn't aware that the gift certificate was for a feed and tack store.
Fiction book (2001) -
"You keep my tack clean and oiled, and I'll give you lessons."
Fiction book (1996) -
I walked him back into the grooming stall and took the tack off.
Fiction book (1996) -
At night, out of habit, she cleaned the horse's stall and straightened the bridles in the tack room.
Fiction book (2000) -
The colors of the tack trunks and show drapes coordinate to each farm's specific barn colors.
Blog text (3) -
Dozens of grooms were at work, currying and combing, mucking out, mending tack.
Fiction book (1992) -
She stored her riding gear, including the saddle and bridle, in the tack room.
Synonyms
Leather equipment put on a horse for riding and control
Equipment for horses like saddles, bridles and harnesses
Idioms
Compounds
A game for two players who take turns marking a three by three grid to make three in a row
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tack for horse equipment means the tools or gear you use with a horse, much like tackle is gear for fishing, so think of tack as the horse's kit you take with you.