riata

Example Sentences

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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 riata at times serves the Mexican as a lethal weapon.

From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Hume, Martin

On the livery saddle there did happen to be a poor sort of grass-rope riata, cheap and stiff and clumsily coiled, but fortunately with a loop in the end.

From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto

By shoving the riata under the colt's belly with a forked stick, and fishing the loose end up on the other side, he managed to get a loop round the animal's hind quarters.

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto

A riata glistens in the sunlight, whistles through the air and falls over his head.

From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by Shields, George O.