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cabestro

noun
ca·​bes·​tro | \ kəˈbe(ˌ)strō; -bre(ˌ)stō, -tə\
plural -s

Definition of cabestro

Southwest
: a rope of hair used especially as a lasso or tether

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First Known Use of cabestro

1846, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for cabestro

American Spanish, from Spanish, halter, from Latin capistrum, from capere to take

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