riata

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lariat or lasso. US,regional
    — “You double-crossing devil,” the young man growled. “[…] Hereafter you'll trot ahead of me at the end of a riata, while I keep you on the jump with a four-horse whip. Right now you're scattering my dunnage from hell to breakfast, […]”

词形变化

riatas plural reata alternative

词源

From Spanish reata, from reatar (“to retie”). Compare lariat.
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