reata
Example Sentences
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Rhodes scowled and began uncoiling a reata in case it would be needed to tie Miguel in the saddle.
From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley
When the man who had been sent for the reata returned, the rustlers set out after the prisoner and found they were five minutes too late.
From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)
Stories of Californian life often mention Span. reata, a tethering rope, from the verb reatar, to bind together, Lat. re-aptare.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
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 Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
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.
