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cabestro
noun
ca·bes·tro
\kəˈbe(ˌ)strō; -bre(ˌ)stō, -tə\
Definition of cabestro
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Southwest
: a rope of hair used especially as a lasso or tether
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Origin and Etymology of cabestro
American Spanish, from Spanish, halter, from Latin capistrum, from capere to take
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