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‖ remuda|rəˈmuːdə|
[Amer. Sp., a. Sp., exchange, replacement.]
A herd or collection of saddle-horses kept for remounts.
1892Dialect Notes I. 251 Remuda, a ‘bunch’ of horses, about a score. Usually applied to geldings only. 1903A. Adams Log of Cowboy 9 The remuda, under Bill Honeyman as horsewrangler, numbered a hundred and forty-two, ten horses to the man. 1907S. E. White Arizona Nights v. 92 In a moment the first of the remuda came into view, trotting forward with the free grace of the unburdened horse. 1924W. M. Raine Troubled Waters xi. 113 Presently he got up and strolled toward the remuda. 1927Blackw. Mag. Nov. 650/1 In the feeble flare remudas keep on passing. 1955R. Hobson Nothing too Good vii. 61, I knew this was the horse remuda, the advance guard of the drive. 1972T. A. Bulman Kamloops Cattlemen ii. 15 They usually brought with them a pretty fair remuda of horses. |