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

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.

It was the riata with which he had picketed the pony.

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

The skill shown by cattlemen in throwing the riata or lasso often approaches the marvelous.

From The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

Parenthetically: do not become over-enthusiastic and boil your riata, or you will make it aggravatingly kinky.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward