reata
- a variation of riata.
Example Sentences
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Interfere no farther between your sister and your parents, unless you prefer that reata to gold.
From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Stories of Californian life often mention Span. reata, a tethering rope, from the verb reatar, to bind together, Lat. re-aptare.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Let off the reata, walk close to this man.
From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson
Then quick as a flash Bet thought of the reata on Joy's saddle.
From The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure by Edholm, Lizette M.
No, sir; we cannot loosen that reata while you are sitting down.
From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.
