reata

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To these every day came Hardy with his rawhide reata.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard

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

Stories of Californian life often mention Span. reata, a tethering rope, from the verb reatar, to bind together, Lat. re-aptare.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

No, sir; we cannot loosen that reata while you are sitting down.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

Morgan knew by the feel of it against his neck that it was a platted rawhide, such as the Mexicans term reata.

From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)