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

And 274 after Pete got scrambled by a riata, and a few more things of that kind happened, I stopped worrying any more than was necessary.

From The Readjustment by Irwin, Will

The riata at times serves the Mexican as a lethal weapon.

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

He leaped from his pony, the coiled riata in his hand as he touched the ground.

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto

By shoving the riata under the colt's belly with a forked stick, and fishing the loose end up on the other side, he managed to get a loop round the animal's hind quarters.

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto