reata

Example Sentences

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One of the riders of the Flying V Y had tried to drag the prisoner out with a reata.

From A Man Four-Square by Raine, William MacLeod

Marto, crestfallen and silently anticipating the worst, was led out next; a reata passed around the saddle horn and circling his waist was fastened back of the saddle.

From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley

One glance satisfied Sturges that Pilar had covered the vaquero, and he devoted the next few moments to dodging the reata.

From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

They sent one of their number to get a reata for that purpose.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

Let off the reata, walk close to this man.

From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson