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A loose bull is lassoed by a pickup rider during a rodeo in Salinas west of Fresno, California, July 2006. A lasso or lazo (/ ˈ l æ s oʊ / or / l æ ˈ s uː /), also in Mexico called a reata and la reata, [1] [2] and in the United States riata or lariat [3] (from Mexican Spanish lasso for roping cattle), [4] is a loop of rope designed as a restraint to be thrown around a target and ...
Egg loop a.k.a. bumper knot – secures soft or loose bait in fishing applications; Elusive knot Englishman's knot (fisherman's knot) – a bend consisting of two overhand knots, each tied around the standing part of the other; Eskimo bowline – places a loop in the end of a rope; Eskimo bowstring loop knot
A honda knot is the loop knot commonly used in a lasso. [1] Its round shape, especially when tied in stiff rope, helps it slide freely along the rope it is tied around. To tie, first place an overhand knot in the end of the rope.
A lasso is a loop of rope that is designed to be ... an American television series, with a character, with the same name; ... "Lasso," a song from Phoenix's ...
In addition, thrown-loop tricks and tricks that involve the use of two ropes are used. Among the vertical loop tricks is the "Texas Skip", which involves the performer spinning the lasso in a wide loop in a vertical plane and jumping through the loop from one side to the other on each rotation. [4] Well-known trick ropers include:
The traditional wedding cord, also known as the "wedding lasso", is a piece of paraphernalia used in some Catholic wedding ceremonies. It is actually a representation of a loop of rosary beads made out of white satin or silk .
Complex lasso proteins (also called pierced lasso bundles or tadpoles) are proteins in which a covalent loop (portion of the backbone closed with a covalent bridge) is pierced by another piece of the backbone. Subclass of complex lasso proteins are Lasso peptides in which the loop is formed by post-translational amide bridge. [1] [2]
A lariat is a rope in the form of a lasso. Lariat may also refer to: A rope necklace long enough to loop several times around the neck; Lariat chain, a science demonstration; A genetic structure in RNA splicing; A professional wrestling attack, a move; A trim package for the Ford F-Series; The trade name for Alachlor, a herbicide