reata
Example Sentences
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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
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
On either side rode a vaquero, with his reata fastened to the axle-tree.
From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
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.
Let off the reata, walk close to this man.
From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson
