reata
Example Sentences
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One glance satisfied Sturges that Pilar had covered the vaquero, and he devoted the next few moments to dodging the reata.
From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Morgan knew by the feel of it against his neck that it was a platted rawhide, such as the Mexicans term reata.
From Trail's End by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
And his mother, discovering his interest, made him a little reata and taught him how to throw it, how to make loops and knots.
From Valley of Wild Horses by Zane Grey
She caught the greenhide reata from the nail and went up the stair.
From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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
