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‖ riata|riˈata|
Also reata.
[Sp. reata (= Pg. reate, arreata, arriata halter), f. reatar to tie again, f. re- re- + atar:—L. aptāre.]
= lariat. Also in Comb., as riata-man.
1846Californian 12 Sept. 1/1 A riata (rope) was made fast to the broken bone and the jaw dragged out. 1853Harper's Mag. Aug. 308/2 Each mule being secured by a long reata..was permitted to graze until sunset. 1869B. Harte Luck Roaring Camp 196 He looked at my hand, which still unconsciously held the broken ‘riata’. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 131 ‘I'm a coiling up my riata’..means, very graphically, I am preparing for my death. 1893K. A. Sanborn S. California 178 The saddle-tree is hung with silver rings,..to answer all the requirements of the vaquero in lacing up his riata. 1924F. R. Bechdolt Tales of Old-Timers 103 They had failed to take into account..a skill with the reata. 1934Amer. Ballads & Folk Songs 409 Old Sandy Bob was a riata-man. 1948F. Blake Johnny Christmas i. 41 Johnny loosened the horse⁓hair knots, then..took down his rawhide riata. 1964F. O'Rourke Mule for Marquesa 126 He sliced rope lengths from the reatas tied to the saddles. 1970Arizona Highways Oct. 48/1 Now Buster Jig was a riata man, With his gut-line coiled up neat. |