cabestro
noun
ca·bes·tro
kəˈbe(ˌ)strō;
-bre(ˌ)stō,
-tə
plural -s
Southwest
: a rope of hair used especially as a lasso or tether
Word History
Etymology
American Spanish, from Spanish, halter, from Latin capistrum, from capere to take
First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above