GLOSSARY
Baquero (vaquero) | A cowpuncher |
Blocker | A large loop made with a rope |
Bronco | An untamed horse |
Broom’y, broom tails | Range mares |
Buckaroo | A cowpuncher |
Caballada | A bunch of horses |
Cabresto | A rope |
Chaps, chaparreras | Leather leggins |
Cincha | A girth for saddle |
Corral | A pen or enclosure |
Crinolina | Hoop-skirt. An expression used to describe spinning a rope |
Cuarta | A whip |
Dale vuelta | Used in giving turns of rope around saddle horn |
Freno | A bridle |
Grazin bits | A snaffle or easy curb |
Jáquima | A halter |
Kack | A saddle |
Lasso | A loop, or to catch |
Latigo | A strap from cinch to saddle |
Maguey | A Mexican catch rope |
Manada | A bunch of mares |
Maverick | An unbranded animal |
Mesteño | A wild horse |
Montura | A saddle |
Morral | A feed bag |
Mustang | A wild horse |
Outlaw | A horse which has been spoiled in breaking |