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latigo

[lat-i-goh]

noun

plural

latigos, latigoes 
  1. a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of latigo1

1870–75, < Spanish látigo whip, cinch strap, perhaps < Gothic *laittug; compare Old English lāttēh leading rein, equivalent to lād- lead 1 + tēh, tēah tie

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