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Definition of Reatas
1. reata [n] - See also: reata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reatas
Literary usage of Reatas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography by John Shertzer Hittell (1869)
"He is therefore caught by the neck with one roata, by a hind-foot with another,
and then thrown down by pulling the reatas in different directions. ..."
2. The Resources of California by John Shertzer Hittell (1867)
"He is therefore caught by the neck with one reata, by a hind-foot with another,
and then thrown down by pulling the reatas in different directions. ..."
3. The Early Days and Men of California by William F. Swasey (1891)
"They would lasso the bear, then wind him all around like a ball with reatas, and
roll him onto a dry hide, hitch reatas to the hide, and drag him to the ..."
4. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1896)
"Like flying serpents the long reatas whirled through the air, settling, with
unerring precision, upon their appointed victims. The terrified animal would ..."
5. Seen in a Mexican Plaza: A Summer's Idyll of an Idle Summer by George F. Weeks (1918)
"By this time some of the vaqueros had recovered from their momentary panic and
with reatas widely swinging came galloping down the street. ..."
6. The Californian Illustrated Magazine by Charles Frederick Holder, Edward James Livernash (1893)
"Uncoiling their reatas the hunters would dash on ... a couple of reatas around
the neck, one on each hind foot and the captive and captors returned home. ..."
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