reata
Example Sentences
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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)
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
A reata fastened to each horn and hind foot of the animal was about the saddle horn of a boy, and the raging bellowing creature was held thus at safe distance from all.
From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley
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.
Interfere no farther between your sister and your parents, unless you prefer that reata to gold.
From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
