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

"Don't move, but keep your grip on the riata!"

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

"Now, as to throwing it: "The riata, say, is hanging from the horn of the saddle—not tied, but ready for use.

From The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

A riata hung to the pommel of a saddle, and he paused to shake it loose, uncoiling the thin rope, but with watchful eyes constantly on his prisoner.

From Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier by Blumenschein, Ernest L.

Striving to raise his hand to tear the hateful bandage away, he found that he was pinioned by the elbows and bound hand and foot by the very riata, probably, that had dragged him thither.

From Foes in Ambush by King, Charles