[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A long light rope, usually of rawhide or hemp, used chiefly for catching livestock or tethering animals.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Californian. From Spanish reata rope used for tethering animals, in Mexican Spanish also lasso from reatar to tie again from re- + atar to tie from classical Latin aptāre to fit, adapt