riata

Example Sentences

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So Williams plans to stop calling a rope a rawhide riata and not use words like hackamore, tapaderas and cinch ring.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the time of the war with the French of Maximilian the riata was sometimes employed by the Mexican soldiers with deadly effect in foraging or scouting parties.

From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Hume, Martin

Relieved of your weight, and loosened by the tide, he got his foot over the riata, and Charley and I pulled him out.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

A riata hung to the pommel of a saddle, and he paused to shake it loose, uncoiling the thin rope, but with watchful eyes constantly on his prisoner.

From Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier by Blumenschein, Ernest L.

I prefer the Mexican grass rope with a brass honda to the rawhide riata, because I am used to it.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward