lariat

[ lar-ee-uh t ]

/ ˈlær i ət /

a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.

a rope used to picket grazing animals.

Origin of lariat

1825–35; < Spanish la reata the riata

larghetto, largish, largo, lari, lariam, lariat, larine, larisa, larissa, larithmics, larixinic acid

Softened by the grassy matting, the stone could not be heard to land; but the snake hissed afresh, and the lariat was drawn taut.

The Red River Half-Breed |Gustave Aimard
He's hidin' the hoith av it somewheres, an' there's nothin' like the noose av a lariat to frishen his mimory.

A Trooper Galahad |Charles King
It consisted of a rope from sixty to a hundred feet long for each mule or horse and was called the lariat.

Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences |Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Tuttle rode beside the wall and threw over it the end of his lariat.

With Hoops of Steel |Florence Finch Kelly

Then they found a projecting rock above them and Sam threw the noose of his lariat over this.

The Rover Boys on the Farm |Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)

lariat

/ (ˈlærɪət) /

another word for lasso

a rope for tethering animals

C19: from Spanish la reata the lasso