Definition of "lariats" [lariats]

• Plural form of lariat. (noun)

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• "The lariats were a great help, and if Will had not hung on to them so hard his horses would have fallen."
• "California fashion, that is to say, they coiled their "lariats," and rode slowly up to the brute, who stood his ground, only edging up until his flank nearly rested against the tree, a stout sapling some four inches in diameter."
• "They knotted the two lariats together, so that they had over a hundred feet of rope between them; and then each boy tied an end to his waist."