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The lariat or lasso is the long rope with a noose used by cowboys to catch and secure cattle and horses. The lariat would then be wrapped round the horn on his saddle. The word lariat comes from the Spanish word lareata (rope).

 

Charles Russell, Cowboys Roping a Steer (1900)

 

 

 

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