reata
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A horse-rope, or a lazo, is called in Spanish reata; and, by absorbing the article, la reata is made into lariat, just as such words as alligator, alcove, and pyramid were formed.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Edward Burnett Tylor
Then he followed the path he had galloped with the reata around his body, and came to the road where he had met the Don and tried to strike him.
From The Squatter and the Don by C. Loyal
Marto, crestfallen and silently anticipating the worst, was led out next; a reata passed around the saddle horn and circling his waist was fastened back of the saddle.
From The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Robert Wesley Amick
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
No, sir; we cannot loosen that reata while you are sitting down.
From The Squatter and the Don by C. Loyal
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