riata
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So Williams plans to stop calling a rope a rawhide riata and not use words like hackamore, tapaderas and cinch ring.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first thing about this business," said Mr. Ohnimus, "is to have a perfect riata.
From The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring by Edward Sylvester Ellis
He felt himself beyond all human aid, And trusted to the saints—and, for that matter, To some weak spot in Felipe's riata.
From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various
Already Roy was taking the riata from its place below the saddle-horn.
From The Sheriff's Son by William MacLeod Raine
And Collie disentangled his legs from an amazing contortion of the riata and tried76 to whirl the loop as he had seen the cowmen whirl it.
From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Anton Otto Fischer
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