English Vocabulary

usually red or blue, which functions as a cowboy's neckwear, handkerchief, dust mask, washcloth, towel, hot pad, and tourniquet

a structure used as a sleeping quarters for the ranch hands

leather leggings worn over blue jeans (from Spanish word chapparerras, meaning leg armor)

a food wagon that carries provisions and cooking equipment around to cowboys

a man on horseback employed in herding cattle

a hired ranch hand

an enclosed space or pen for livestock

horse used for working with cattle--cutting out cows, training cattle, rounding up steers, roping calves

a post having iron loops or rings to which a horse or team may be hitched

a long rope or leather thong, with a running noose, for catching horses and cattle

open country where cattle graze

blanket rolled up around extra clothes and tied to back of saddle

a ranch and all its buildings and cattle

the metal hooks worn above the heel of a boot (which probie the cowboy a simple way of signaling and controlling his horse, freeing up his hands to toss a rope or hold the reins)

equipment used for horses (saddle, harnesses, bridle, reins)

place where tack is kept

an inexperienced newcomer

a long, narrow, open receptacle for holding food or water for animals

the cowboy who handles the horses

a patch of farmland, which is plowed, planted, and harvested