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cabestro

noun
ca·​bes·​tro | \ kəˈbe(ˌ)strō; -bre(ˌ)stō, -tə\
plural -s

Definition of cabestro

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

First Known Use of cabestro

1846, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for cabestro

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

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