lasso-ropes

Updated: May 25, 2025

He wore leggings over his trousers, and mocassins upon his feet, with a cloth cap set jauntily over his luxuriant curls. He, too, was belted with hunting-knife and sheath, and a very small pistol hung upon his left thigh. Out near the middle of the glade were three horses picketed on lasso-ropes, so that they might not interfere with each other whilst browsing.

Mayne Reid - The Boy Hunters