1. See lasso. 2. A rope for picketing grazing horses or mules.
ETYMOLOGY:
Spanish la reata : la, the (from Latin illa; see al-1 in Appendix I) + reatar, to tie again ( re-, again, from Latin; see re– + atar, to tie, from Latin aptre, to join, from aptus, past participle of apere, to tie).
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re, to join, from aptus, past participle of apere, to tie).
