Hobble-rope

The two or three assistants being at the hobble-rope, and another holding the tail, at a given signal all pull , the hobble-rope being drawn vigorously forward or outward ( Fig 40), the tail pulled backward and to the right side, and the fore-arm rope also outwards on the right side;

Wrapping the other end of my hobble-rope once on the saddle horn, I retrieved Alice's spurs and knelt down.

Her hands had been tied in front of her, there was a hobble-rope around her ankles.