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 was new—jest been put in the remuda.

From Shoe-Bar Stratton by George W. Gage

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 William MacLeod Raine

Consequently the nearby grass is fed down to the roots, and the remuda had to be held up on the high mesa.

From Bat Wing Bowles by Dane Coolidge

They ain't a bronk in the remuda that can't throw this Englishman a mile!

From Bat Wing Bowles by Dane Coolidge

They had bought two whole remudas, and picked over five or six others until their purchases amounted to over five hundred head.

From The Outlet by Andy Adams

Two remudas of horses would have to be secured, wagons fitted up, and outfits engaged.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Andy Adams

This was done by selecting from half a dozen remudas, a trail wagon was picked up, and a complement of men secured.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Andy Adams

As expected, the wagons and remudas arrived at the new ranch hours in advance of the herds.

From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Andy Adams

I just got the idea that you wanted the remudas for the Buford herds to be equally good.

From The Outlet by Andy Adams