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
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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
It was the riata with which he had picketed the pony.
From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Anton Otto Fischer
Relieved of your weight, and loosened by the tide, he got his foot over the riata, and Charley and I pulled him out.
From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte
Parenthetically: do not become over-enthusiastic and boil your riata, or you will make it aggravatingly kinky.
From Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White
When the riata is resurrected it should again be left for a time stretched over a block, with a weight to hold it taut.
From The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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