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mecate

American

[muh-kah-tee] / məˈkɑ ti /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of mecate

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

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mecate

By the time we arrived at Teresita’s house, towing the bleating goat by a mecate, an old rope, tied in a sailor’s knot around its neck, the sun was completely out.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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