n. 1. See lasso. 2. A rope for picketing grazing horses or mules. [Spanish la reata : la, the (from Latin illa; see al-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + reatar, to tie again (re-, again from Latin; see RE- + atar, to tie, from Latin aptāre, to join, from aptus, past participle of apere, to tie).] |
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