reata
Example Sentences
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To these every day came Hardy with his rawhide reata.
From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard
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
It will be painful for Mrs. Darrell to see you as you are, and then you ought to have that reata off now, quickly.
From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.
He carried no reata and did not look like a ranchman.
From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley
He looked down to his breast surprised, and there the coil of a reata held him in an iron grip, and he could not move.
From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.
