reata

Example Sentences

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In one hand she carried a greenhide reata.

From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

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

Let off the reata, walk close to this man.

From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson

In South America a ring fixed to the surcingle is used; while in Guatemala and Costa Rica the reata is tied to the end of the horse's tail!

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas

Then he followed the path he had galloped with the reata around his body, and came to the road where he had met the Don and tried to strike him.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.