mecate

[muh-kah-tee]

noun

Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.

Origin of mecate

1840–50; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl mecatl cord, rope

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Mecate—a Mexican square measure equal to about one-tenth of an acre.
The American Egypt
Channing Arnold