riata
noun
a lariat.
reata
-
a variation of
riata.
Example Sentences
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"You have the reata?" she queried, and turning led him past the corral and along the fence until they came to the stream.
From The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by R. M. Brinkerhoff
Then he followed the path he had galloped with the reata around his body, and came to the road where he had met the Don and tried to strike him.
From The Squatter and the Don by C. Loyal
A reata was coiled at his saddle, and two big Colts swung from a beaded Indian belt.
From Kid Wolf of Texas by Paul S. (Paul Sylvester) Powers
A horse-rope, or a lazo, is called in Spanish reata; and, by absorbing the article, la reata is made into lariat, just as such words as alligator, alcove, and pyramid were formed.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Edward Burnett Tylor
Victoriano, loosen the reata off Mr. Darrell's arms.”
From The Squatter and the Don by C. Loyal
