Songs of the Cowboys (1921)/Glossary
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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 |
| Reata | A rope |
| Remuda | A bunch of saddle horses or relay |
| Rodéo | A round-up |
| Slick | An unbranded calf |
| Taps, tapaderas | Stirrup coverings |
| Tarp | A canvas bed sheet |
| Vaquero | A cowpuncher |
| Waddie | A cowpuncher |
| Willows | Range mares |
| Wrangler | A man who looks after and outfits saddle horses |