reata

Example Sentences

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"You have the reata?" she queried, and turning led him past the corral and along the fence until they came to the stream.

From The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Brinkerhoff, R. M.

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

He ran back to the bronco and untied the reata from the tientos.

From A Man Four-Square by Raine, William MacLeod

Rhodes scowled and began uncoiling a reata in case it would be needed to tie Miguel in the saddle.

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