latigon.
U.S.
A strap for tightening a cinch. Also attributive, as latigo strap.
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1873 A. S. Evans À la Calif. 331 The wide band of woven horsehair, known as the cinch, is drawn up by the powerful purchase on the latigo strap until it deeply imbeds itself in the animal's belly.
1894 Dial. Notes 1 325 Látigo: a thong... The two ends of the cinch terminate in long, narrow strips of leather—látigos—which connect the cinch with the saddle and are run through an iron ring called larigo.
1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden 149 He was lacing the latigo through the cinch rings.
1962 W. Stegner Wolf Willow iii. ii. 155 He picked at the latigo with one freezing unmittened hand.
1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 237 The latigo laces are long, finely cut leather thongs, taken from a big hide.
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