reata
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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
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
He was coiling the thin, braided hide reata, soft as a glove and strong as steel, which always hung at the Spanish saddle.
From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
He ran back to the bronco and untied the reata from the tientos.
From A Man Four-Square by William MacLeod Raine
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 Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt
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