riatan.

Brit.

/rɪˈɑːtə/, U.S.

/riˈɑdə/

Forms: 1800s– reata, 1800s– riata, 1900s– riato (irregular), 1900s– riatta.

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

Etymology: < Spanish reata rope used for tethering animals (15th cent.), in Mexican Spanish also lasso < reatar to tie again < re- re- prefix + atar to tie < classical Latin aptāre to fit, adapt (see aptate v.). Compare Portuguese reata (more commonly arreata ; 16th cent.). Compare earlier lariat n.

U.S. (chiefly regional (south-western)).

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

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

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

lays1726

lash1748

rope1798

lasso1808

lariat1835

slip-noose1837

riata1846

honda1887

loop1907

1846 Californian 12 Sept. 1/1 A riata (rope) was made fast to the broken bone and the jaw dragged out.

1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah xvii. 231 We replied, not if there was any virtue in seventy minutes suspension with rawhide riatas.

1853 Harper's Mag. Aug. 308/2 Each mule being secured by a long reata..was permitted to graze until sunset.

1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. 178 The saddle-tree is hung with silver rings,..to answer all the requirements of the vaquero in lacing up his riata.

1924 F. R. Bechdolt Tales Old-timers 103 They had failed to take into account..a skill with the reata.

1948 F. Blake Johnny Christmas i. 41 Johnny loosened the horse-hair knots, then..took down his rawhide riata.

2008 L. Enger So Brave, Young, & Handsome 119 Ignacio..darted with his lifted reata among Unsightly and Witch Eye and Robbie's Knee, a youthful bay stallion.

Compounds

riata man n. a person who uses a riata; a cowboy.

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1903 E. S. Ellis Jungle Fugitives 215 If that man can catch an antelope one hundred feet away..he is a better riata man than I ever encountered.

1934 Amer. Ballads & Folk Songs 409 Old Sandy Bob was a riata-man.

2004 J. R. Erickson Mod. Cowboy (ed. 2) 79 Jo Mora, a reata man to the marrow of his bones, recalled that when he first drifted into California around 1900, it was almost a felony for a man to be seen riding a double-rig saddle and tying hard-and-fast to the horn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	riata
释义	riatan. Brit. /rɪˈɑːtə/, U.S. /riˈɑdə/ Forms: 1800s– reata, 1800s– riata, 1900s– riato (irregular), 1900s– riatta. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish reata. Etymology: < Spanish reata rope used for tethering animals (15th cent.), in Mexican Spanish also lasso < reatar to tie again < re- re- prefix + atar to tie < classical Latin aptāre to fit, adapt (see aptate v.). Compare Portuguese reata (more commonly arreata ; 16th cent.). Compare earlier lariat n. U.S. (chiefly regional (south-western)). A long light rope, usually of rawhide or hemp, used chiefly for catching livestock or tethering animals; = lariat n. 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 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > lasso lays1726 lash1748 rope1798 lasso1808 lariat1835 slip-noose1837 riata1846 honda1887 loop1907 1846 Californian 12 Sept. 1/1 A riata (rope) was made fast to the broken bone and the jaw dragged out. 1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah xvii. 231 We replied, not if there was any virtue in seventy minutes suspension with rawhide riatas. 1853 Harper's Mag. Aug. 308/2 Each mule being secured by a long reata..was permitted to graze until sunset. 1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. 178 The saddle-tree is hung with silver rings,..to answer all the requirements of the vaquero in lacing up his riata. 1924 F. R. Bechdolt Tales Old-timers 103 They had failed to take into account..a skill with the reata. 1948 F. Blake Johnny Christmas i. 41 Johnny loosened the horse-hair knots, then..took down his rawhide riata. 2008 L. Enger So Brave, Young, & Handsome 119 Ignacio..darted with his lifted reata among Unsightly and Witch Eye and Robbie's Knee, a youthful bay stallion. Compounds riata man n. a person who uses a riata; a cowboy. ΚΠ 1903 E. S. Ellis Jungle Fugitives 215 If that man can catch an antelope one hundred feet away..he is a better riata man than I ever encountered. 1934 Amer. Ballads & Folk Songs 409 Old Sandy Bob was a riata-man. 2004 J. R. Erickson Mod. Cowboy (ed. 2) 79 Jo Mora, a reata man to the marrow of his bones, recalled that when he first drifted into California around 1900, it was almost a felony for a man to be seen riding a double-rig saddle and tying hard-and-fast to the horn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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