- a variation of riata.
reata
Example Sentences
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He ran back to the bronco and untied the reata from the tientos.
From A Man Four-Square by Raine, William MacLeod
She could not prevent his exit, for she went back with the stone, but she had sprung to the open before he reached it himself, and was striking at him furiously with her reata.
From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Si Helena Belmont was my daughter, I take the green hide reata to her every morning; but Belmont so soffit, the school is better for her.
From The Californians by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
No, sir; we cannot loosen that reata while you are sitting down.
From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.
A horse-rope, or a lazo, is called in Spanish reata; and, by absorbing the article, la reata is made into lariat, just as such words as alligator, alcove, and pyramid were formed.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Tylor, Edward Burnett
