reata
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A horse-rope, or a lazo, is called in Spanish reata; and, by absorbing the article, la reata is made into lariat, just as such words as alligator, alcove, and pyramid were formed.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Tylor, Edward Burnett
Then quick as a flash Bet thought of the reata on Joy's saddle.
From The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure by Edholm, Lizette M.
He carried no reata and did not look like a ranchman.
From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley
Let off the reata, walk close to this man.
From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson
It will be painful for Mrs. Darrell to see you as you are, and then you ought to have that reata off now, quickly.
From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.
