lariat

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But when the lariat is at length noosed around his neck, the loose end of it thrown over the limb of a pecan tree--the other conditions being clearly expounded to him--he sees that things can be no worse; and, seeing this, makes confession--full, if not free.

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  1. noun See lasso.
  2. noun A rope for picketing grazing horses or mules.

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  • "She's knotted up like a lariat," Bubba complained. —  Greene, Jennifer - Rock Solid (html).html
  • He answered that he expected "to give each of the boys two revolvers and a lariat, and then just turn them loose." —  Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography
  • A lariat is actually one long strand that can be tied or wrapped in a number of ways to create a variety of looks. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • · Leslie Mann - Platinum and diamond lariat, and earrings by Cathy Waterman.
  • Kane goes up with the flying lariat, and that gets two. —  Scott's Blog of Doom
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  1. Spanish la reata : la, the (from Latin illa; see al-1 in Indo-European roots) + reatar, to tie again (re-, again from Latin; see re- + atar, to tie from Latin aptāre, to join, from aptus, past participle of apere, to tie).

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  1. from Spanish la reata, from la, the, + reata, a rope used to tie horses and other animals together: see reata.
  2. lariat, n.
 

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/ˈlærɪæt/
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