mecaten.

Brit.

/meɪˈkɑːteɪ/, U.S.

/məˈkɑdi/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mecate.

Etymology: < Mexican Spanish mecate < Nahuatl mecatl cord, rope.

Chiefly U.S. regional (western).

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

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether

tether1376

sealc1440

solec1440

picket line1768

head rope1810

leg rope1826

trail-rope1826

lariat1835

riata1846

mecate1849

hitching-weight1852

tie-strap1875

1849 J. W. Revere Tour of Duty in Calif. xx. 260 Picketing our horses by the ‘mecate’, we began telling stories.

1919 J. S. Chase Calif. Desert Trails 182 Before I left I bought of him a mecate or rope of plaited horse-hair, of his own making.

1939 P. A. Rollins Gone Haywire 126 At the bottom of the heap lay chaparejos, a bridle, saddle, quirt, mecate, and a pair of spurs.

1981 E. H. Edwards Country Life Bk. Saddlery & Equipm. 141/2 The hackamore is completed by the addition of a rope..which is called the mecate.

1988 Equestrian World June 16/2 A woven cotton rope (or more traditionally, hair woven from the mane) called the ‘mecate’..is attached to the heel knot beneath the jaw using a complicated system of ‘wraps’... Once in place the mecate then forms the reins.

†2. A measure of land formerly in use in the Yucatán region of Mexico, equal to about 0.04 hectare (0.1 acre). Obsolete.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Mecate, a Mexican square measure, equal to about one tenth of an acre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mecate
释义	mecaten. Brit. /meɪˈkɑːteɪ/, U.S. /məˈkɑdi/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mecate. Etymology: < Mexican Spanish mecate < Nahuatl mecatl cord, rope. Chiefly U.S. regional (western). 1. A rope made of horsehair or of maguey fibre, used esp. to tether or lead a horse. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether tether1376 sealc1440 solec1440 picket line1768 head rope1810 leg rope1826 trail-rope1826 lariat1835 riata1846 mecate1849 hitching-weight1852 tie-strap1875 1849 J. W. Revere Tour of Duty in Calif. xx. 260 Picketing our horses by the ‘mecate’, we began telling stories. 1919 J. S. Chase Calif. Desert Trails 182 Before I left I bought of him a mecate or rope of plaited horse-hair, of his own making. 1939 P. A. Rollins Gone Haywire 126 At the bottom of the heap lay chaparejos, a bridle, saddle, quirt, mecate, and a pair of spurs. 1981 E. H. Edwards Country Life Bk. Saddlery & Equipm. 141/2 The hackamore is completed by the addition of a rope..which is called the mecate. 1988 Equestrian World June 16/2 A woven cotton rope (or more traditionally, hair woven from the mane) called the ‘mecate’..is attached to the heel knot beneath the jaw using a complicated system of ‘wraps’... Once in place the mecate then forms the reins. †2. A measure of land formerly in use in the Yucatán region of Mexico, equal to about 0.04 hectare (0.1 acre). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Mecate, a Mexican square measure, equal to about one tenth of an acre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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