lariatn.
/ˈlarɪət/, U.S. /ˈlɛriət/ 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.
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sealc1440
solec1440
picket line1768
head rope1810
leg rope1826
trail-rope1826
lariat1835
riata1846
mecate1849
hitching-weight1852
tie-strap1875
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > lasso
lays1726
lash1748
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lariat1835
slip-noose1837
riata1846
honda1887
loop1907
1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 26 Lariats, or noosed cords, used in catching the wild horse.
1839 C. A. Murray Trav. N. Amer. I. 339 Both my laryettes (which were very strong and valuable of their kind) were stolen from my two horses.
1841 Southern Lit. Messenger 7 54/1 Why, that young hatter..'tother evening let a Most noble stallion feel the larietta.
1859 R. B. Marcy Prairie Traveler i. 41 Lariats made of hemp are the best.
1861 G. F. Berkeley Eng. Sportsman xv. 250 Two mules put so near together that they had got their larriets entangled.
1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. Prol. i. 5 The horsehair lariette, which serves the Western Nimrod for lassoing by day and for keeping off snakes at night.
Derivatives
ˈlariat v. (transitive) to secure with a lariat.
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1850 B. Taylor Eldorado I. xi. 104 My mules had already been caught and lariated.
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