cabestro

noun

ca·​bes·​tro

kəˈbe(ˌ)strō;

-bre(ˌ)stō,

-tə

plural -s

Southwest

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

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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