Lassu

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of lasso. alt-of, archaic

    "Whenever we came to a post-house, the troop of horses took to the yard instinctively, and each man seized a lassu and caught his own. The lassu is a long rope, attached at one end to the saddle, with a slip knot at the other."

Verb
  1. 1
    Archaic form of lasso. alt-of, archaic

Example

More examples

"Whenever we came to a post-house, the troop of horses took to the yard instinctively, and each man seized a lassu and caught his own. The lassu is a long rope, attached at one end to the saddle, with a slip knot at the other."

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