remuda

American  

[ruh-moo-duh, re-moo-thah] / rəˈmu də, rɛˈmu ðɑ /

noun

Chiefly Southwestern U.S.

• remudas
  plural

1. a group of saddle horses from which ranch hands choose mounts for the day.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• remudas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of remuda

An Americanism first recorded in 1835–45: from Latin American Spanish (Mexico): “a change (of horses),” Spanish: “exchange,” derivative of remudar “to change, replace,” equivalent to re- re- + mudar “to change” (from Latin mūtāre )

Example Sentences

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remuda remudas

Their nephew, Charley Hellen III, demonstrates vaquero horsemanship skills with the ranch remuda.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had seen admiration, desire for closer acquaintance, in many a fair face but such invitation affected him as the sight of a circling loop affects a horse in a remuda.

From Rimrock Trail by Joseph Allan Dunn

He was certain that Nellie rode the same animal each time, because she would not trust any of the others that were now with the remuda.

From The Coming of the Law by Charles Alden Seltzer

As top hands they had taken the pick of the remuda, the fleetest runners, the gentlest night horses, the best-reined cutting horses; but now in the reapportionment they found themselves reduced to "skates and bronks."

From Bat Wing Bowles by Dane Coolidge

For a wonder the weather had been favorable; the windmills were all working, the bogs had dried up, the beef had lasted over, the remuda had not strayed—in short, there was nothing to do.

From The Boy Scouts Book of Stories by Walt Louderback

He was a showy animal, a dapple gray, fully fifteen hands high, bred in north Texas, and belonged to one of the whole remudas bought in Dodge.

From The Outlet by Andy Adams

We were in the saddle by daybreak the next morning, rounding up remudas.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams

Horses were even in demand, and while we made no effort to sell our remudas, over half of them changed owners with the herds they had accompanied into the North.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Andy Adams

I may have to winter my remudas in the North, or drive them home again, and if I put two dollars a head freight in them, they won't bring a cent more on that account.

From The Outlet by Andy Adams

The remudas had wandered far, but one was finally brought in by a vaquero, and by pairs we mounted and rode away.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams