riata
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
One draws his revolver—if his circumstances permit him the possession of so expensive a weapon, and they are generally carried—whilst the other lays hand to his riata.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Hume, Martin
A riata glistens in the sunlight, whistles through the air and falls over his head.
From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by Shields, George O.
Dick jingled his spurs and swung his riata, Jovita bounded forward, and in another moment they swept into Tuttleville, and drew up before the wooden piazza of "The Hotel of All Nations."
From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Schauffler, Robert Haven
Saddle Bags and Saddle Blankets On the right-hand side of your pommel will be a strap and buckle for your riata.
From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward
