riata

American  

[ree-ah-tuh, -at-uh] / riˈɑ tə, -ˈæt ə /

Or reata

noun

1. a lariat.

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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

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

Parenthetically: do not become over-enthusiastic and boil your riata, or you will make it aggravatingly kinky.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward

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 Harte, Bert

I felt thankful that they had not devoured my rawhide riata.

From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various

By shoving the riata under the colt's belly with a forked stick, and fishing the loose end up on the other side, he managed to get a loop round the animal's hind quarters.

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto