remuda
[ ruh-moo-duh; Spanish re-moo-th ah ]
/ rəˈmu də; Spanish rɛˈmu ðɑ /
noun, plural re·mu·das [ruh-moo-duh z; Spanish re-moo-th ahs] /rəˈmu dəz; Spanish rɛˈmu ðɑs/. Chiefly Southwestern U.S.
a group of saddle horses from which ranch hands choose mounts for the day.
Origin of remuda
1835–45,
Americanism; < American Spanish: a change (of horses), Spanish: exchange, derivative of
remudar to change, replace, equivalent to
re-
re- +
mudar to change (< Latin
mūtāre)
Words nearby remuda
remove,
removed,
remover,
remscheid,
remsen,
remuda,
remuera tractor,
remunerate,
remuneration,
remunerative,
remus