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

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

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

"Don't move, but keep your grip on the riata!"

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

He felt himself beyond all human aid, And trusted to the saints—and, for that matter, To some weak spot in Felipe's riata.

From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various