reata
Example Sentences
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"You have the reata?" she queried, and turning led him past the corral and along the fence until they came to the stream.
From The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Brinkerhoff, R. M.
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 Grey, Zane
Marto, crestfallen and silently anticipating the worst, was led out next; a reata passed around the saddle horn and circling his waist was fastened back of the saddle.
From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Amick, Robert Wesley
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.
