reata

In the Spanish country it was called reata and even today is sometimes seen in the Southwest made of rawhide.

The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West Emerson Hough 1890

This task is called floreo de reata or ‘making flowers.’

Charreada in Guadalajara 2007

In South America a ring fixed to the surcingle is used; while in Guatemala and Costa Rica the reata is tied to the end of the horse's tail!

Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

Then quick as a flash Bet thought of the reata on Joy's saddle.

The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure Lizette M. Edholm

Red was downstream casting at a rock across the torrent but the wind toyed with the heavy, water-soaked _reata_ as though it were a string.

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

The reata in those days was nearly always made of plaited raw hide, and often made by the boys themselves, though a good reata required a long time to complete and peculiar skill in the making of it.

Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

Morgan knew by the feel of it against his neck that it was a platted rawhide, such as the Mexicans term _reata_.

Trail's End George W. Ogden

A reata was coiled at his saddle, and two big Colts swung from a beaded

Kid Wolf of Texas 1938

Red was downstream casting at a rock across the torrent but the wind toyed with the heavy, water-soaked _reata_ as though it were a string.

Bar-20 Days Clarence Edward Mulford 1919

With her own _reata_ he fastened her hands behind her and tied the girl securely to the twisted trunk of a Joshua tree.

Crooked Trails and Straight William MacLeod Raine 1912