riata
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of riata
1840–50, < Spanish reata, derivative of reatar to tie again, equivalent to re- re- + atar < Latin aptāre to fit
Example Sentences
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So Williams plans to stop calling a rope a rawhide riata and not use words like hackamore, tapaderas and cinch ring.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Collie disentangled his legs from an amazing contortion of the riata and tried76 to whirl the loop as he had seen the cowmen whirl it.
From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto
Already Roy was taking the riata from its place below the saddle-horn.
From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod
With a riata around his neck, and carefully guarded, we again advanced.
From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
The saddle-tree is hung with silver rings, fore and aft, to answer all the requirements of the vaquero in lacing up his riata.
From A Truthful Woman in Southern California by Sanborn, Kate
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