pigging string

noun

(in rodeo calf roping) a short length of rope used to bind a calf's legs after it is lassoed.

Also piggin' string

[pig-in] /ˈpɪg ɪn/.

Origin of pigging string

1925–30, Americanism; apparently pig¹ + -ing¹

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