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
As she spoke, she began uncoiling the rawhide riata which was tied to her saddle.
From 'Me--Smith' by Gayle Porter Hoskins
"Don't move, but keep your grip on the riata!"
From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte
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 Anton Otto Fischer
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 George O. Shields
