remuda

American  

[ruh-moo-duh, re-moo-thah] / rəˈmu də, rɛˈmu ðɑ /

noun

Chiefly Southwestern U.S.

• remudas
  plural

1. a group of saddle horses from which ranch hands choose mounts for the day.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• remudas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of remuda

An Americanism first recorded in 1835–45: from Latin American Spanish (Mexico): “a change (of horses),” Spanish: “exchange,” derivative of remudar “to change, replace,” equivalent to re- re- + mudar “to change” (from Latin mūtāre )

Example Sentences

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remuda remudas

Their nephew, Charley Hellen III, demonstrates vaquero horsemanship skills with the ranch remuda.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was certain that Nellie rode the same animal each time, because she would not trust any of the others that were now with the remuda.

From The Coming of the Law by Charles Alden Seltzer

Several days after this some new horses were added to the remuda of the Lunar Company.

From Steve Yeager by William MacLeod Raine

As top hands they had taken the pick of the remuda, the fleetest runners, the gentlest night horses, the best-reined cutting horses; but now in the reapportionment they found themselves reduced to "skates and bronks."

From Bat Wing Bowles by Dane Coolidge

Hawks had just come in from the remuda.

From The Fighting Edge by William MacLeod Raine

He was a showy animal, a dapple gray, fully fifteen hands high, bred in north Texas, and belonged to one of the whole remudas bought in Dodge.

From The Outlet by Andy Adams

This was done by selecting from half a dozen remudas, a trail wagon was picked up, and a complement of men secured.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Andy Adams

Throw the remudas together and let them start the moment the cattle train leaves.

From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Andy Adams

All saddle horses, both purchased and my own remudas, with wagons, were sent to our winter camps by the shipping crew, so that the final start for Texas would be made from the Medicine River.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Andy Adams

The remudas had wandered far, but one was finally brought in by a vaquero, and by pairs we mounted and rode away.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams