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Meanings of lariat in English

Portuguese
laço
Catalan
llaç
Spanish
lazo

A long noosed rope used to catch animals.

laço
Synonyms
Examples for "lasso"
Examples for "lasso"
1
The lasso catch him around the neck; he is obliged to remain.
From Sand Hill to Pine
2
But the lasso slipped from the horns and the goat ran away.
An American Robinson Crusoe
3
He threw the lasso, drew it tight and the goat was captured.
An American Robinson Crusoe
4
One was found in a lasso, with which the natives catch them.
The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea / Being The Narr...
5
Then I can lasso the rooster and make an ostrich of him.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus
1
Then the riata man must throw at a particular limb or projection.
The Jungle Fugitives: A Tale of Life and Adventure in India / In...
2
Already Roy was taking the riata from its place below the saddle-horn.
The Sheriff's Son
3
He looked at my hand, which still unconsciously held the broken riata.
Selected Stories of Bret Harte
4
With a quick motion he snatched the riata from the cowboy's neck.
When A Man's A Man
5
The lasso slips not much, but holds; the riata slips much and strangles.
Susy, a Story of the Plains
1
She caught the greenhide reata from the nail and went up the stair.
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
2
On either side rode a vaquero, with his reata fastened to the axle-tree.
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
3
He ran back to the bronco and untied the reata from the tientos.
A Man Four-Square
4
The equipment of the cowboy is his horse and reata.
Arizona Sketches
5
He was still whirling as if from absent-minded habit the loop of his reata.
A Man Four-Square
Usage of lariat in English
1
On the spur of the moment Tad decided to use the lariat.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas; Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plain...
2
The boy began spinning the noose of the lariat above his head.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas; Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plain...
3
I can go down the lariat the same as I did before.
The Boy from the Ranch; Or, Roy Bradner's City Experiences
4
Preparing the lariat, he threw the noose up and away from him.
The Boy Land Boomer; Or, Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma
5
The lariat may be of any length from twenty to eighty feet.
Healthful Sports for Boys
6
He was tied by a long lariat to a large sage bush.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
7
His lariat flew as the cattle-killing paw was lifted for an instant.
Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac
8
She had practised lariat throwing on her previous trips to the West.
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest; Or, The Indian Girl Star o...
9
Tied securely with lariat rope, four figures reclined near the smoking embers.
Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
10
Serena opened her saddlebag and removed a metal whistle and a lariat.
Serena
11
There was not another lariat, or any kind of rope at hand.
The Young Engineers in Arizona; or, Laying Tracks on the Man-kil...
12
If ever Tom should throw his lariat well, it must be now.
Adventures in Many Lands
13
Pronounce: diminutive; ruminating; herbage; maneuver; kept; lariat; circuit; reappeared; rangers; handkerchiefs; rearing; marred.
The Elson Readers, Book 5
14
At the first pause in the paddling the mangled lariat had given way.
Overland: A Novel
15
Finally Perris swung the lariat and shot it through the air.
Alcatraz
16
I unwound the lariat, and fastened one end of it to the limb.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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Translations for lariat
Portuguese
laço
Catalan
llaç
Spanish
lazo
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