reata

Example Sentences

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Gabriel immediately gathering the reata quickly in successive loops, all of which he hung on the pommel of his saddle, came to Darrell's side.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

When the man who had been sent for the reata returned, the rustlers set out after the prisoner and found they were five minutes too late.

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

Then quick as a flash Bet thought of the reata on Joy's saddle.

From The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure by Edholm, Lizette M.

To these every day came Hardy with his rawhide reata.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard

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