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reata.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
reata.
Principal English Translation: 

a cord, strip, or sash used to tie things together; or a rope that linked horses together so that they could walk in a straight line
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

ce silla xineta yca coxinillo yhuan almartiga yca mochi Reata [S. Francisco Analcotitlan (Jalisco?), 1652]
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 8.