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larˇiˇat  audio  (lr-t) KEY  

NOUN:
  1. See lasso.
  2. A rope for picketing grazing horses or mules.

ETYMOLOGY:
Spanish la reata : la, the (from Latin illa; see al- 1 in Indo-European roots) + reatar, to tie again ( re-, again from Latin; see re- + atar, to tie from Latin aptre, to join, from aptus, past participle of apere, to tie)


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