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

A reata fastened to each horn and hind foot of the animal was about the saddle horn of a boy, and the raging bellowing creature was held thus at safe distance from all.

From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley

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.

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 Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

One of the riders of the Flying V Y had tried to drag the prisoner out with a reata.

From A Man Four-Square by Raine, William MacLeod