Question.....

[Oberon]

Why is hacking called hacking?

 

[Patterdale]

Good question!

 

[texas]

A very non horsey person I know (who also thinks it's reasonable that horse riders should pick up their horse's poo off the road) calls it tacking, annoying and amusing in equal measure!

 

[s4sugar]

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002193.html

Or to put it another way -
who knows!

 

[FubsyMog]

Always wondered this myself. I love knowing the origin of words and phrases.

 

[pennyturner]

I believe it relates to the old spanish for bridle (jacquima), which is in turn from the arabic.

 

[Oberon]

Anyone else?

 

[shergar]

Hacking is an old English term which means to ride in the country side,a horse that could do such work easily was known as a hack.

 

[HBM1]

Possibly from Hackney carriage... Term given when people started riding more..no clue really

 

[**Vanner**]

Always wondered that myself!

 

[Mearas]

Not sure but imagine it originates from a hack which was a horse used for transportation rather than showing, hunting etc.?

 

[treacle_beastie]

I asked myself this very question the other day. I wondered if it was anything to do with hackney horses?

 

[s4sugar]

Did no-one read the earlier link?

 

[St Nicnaclaus]

Did no-one read the earlier link?

Yep - I no longer hack; I now drudge

 

[JenJ]

Did no-one read the earlier link?

I did

Thank you.