LARIAT

[lar.i.at] n [AmerSp la reata the lasso, fr. Sp la the (fem. of el, fr. L ille that) + AmerSp reata lasso, fr. Sp reatar to tie again, fr. re- + atar to tie, fr. L aptare to fit--more at adapt] (1832): a long light rope (as of hemp or leather) used with a running noose to catch livestock or with or without the noose to tether grazing animals: lasso