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

Inflected Forms

noun

• 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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Louderback, Walt

He was on duty that day herding the remuda, and it was not until late afternoon that he returned to camp.

From Steve Yeager by Raine, William MacLeod

Put them into the pens for the night, and hold the remuda out on the flats.

From Bat Wing Bowles by Coolidge, Dane

Brig and Bowles stood guard all night and brought up the remuda in the morning.

From Bat Wing Bowles by Coolidge, Dane