reata
Example Sentences
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In South America a ring fixed to the surcingle is used; while in Guatemala and Costa Rica the reata is tied to the end of the horse's tail!
From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Thomas Carson
Si Helena Belmont was my daughter, I take the green hide reata to her every morning; but Belmont so soffit, the school is better for her.
From The Californians by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
He was coiling the thin, braided hide reata, soft as a glove and strong as steel, which always hung at the Spanish saddle.
From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
Then quick as a flash Bet thought of the reata on Joy's saddle.
From The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure by Lizette M. Edholm
In one hand she carried a greenhide reata.
From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
