Latigo

Quick meaning: Latigo is a noun meaning A strap used to tighten a cinch.

Meaning

A strap used to tighten a cinch.

Example Sentences

Then they tightened the latigos on their horses and mounted up.

These prices are for saddle with single cinch and two latigoes.

Cinches fasten with a latigo strap that is already attached to the saddle, using a special flat knot. Make sure the strap has no twists in it, then insert it through the cinch ring from inside to outside (figure 13.4a).

He looked at the saddle and saw that both latigos, the straps that held the cinches, were broken. Both were old latigos instead of the good new ones that had been on the saddle the day before, and both had been cut halfway through with a knife.

Word Forms

• latigos
• latigoes

Related Words

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