A rope, cord, or other fastening by which a horse, cow, or other beast is tied to a stake or the like, so as to confine it to the spot.

= sale, n.3 Also attributive.

spec. A rope or cord for tethering or tying up cattle; a wooden collar or yoke used to fasten a cow, etc., in the stall.

A rope or line held by a picket or pickets, esp. one used for tethering horses. Now rare.

A rope for tying up or leading a horse, mule, etc., by the head.

A rope with a noose to fit around the leg of an animal, esp. a cow in preparation for milking, in order to restrain or tether it. Cf. leg rope, v.

a rope used for trailing or drawing something: (a) U.S. a long rope used for tethering animals loosely; (b) in a gun-carriage = prolonge, n.; (c) a…

A rope used for picketing horses or mules; a cord or rope with a noose used in catching wild cattle; the lasso of Mexico and South America.

A long light rope, usually of rawhide or hemp, used chiefly for catching livestock or tethering animals; = lariat, n.

A rope made of horsehair or of maguey fibre, used esp. to tether or lead a horse.

(also attributive as in hitching-bar, hitching-clamp, hitching-post, hitching-strap, hitching-weight, i.e. one used in tethering a horse).

a strap for tying up a horse or other animal.