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latigo

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lat⋅i⋅go

[lat-i-goh] noun, plural -gos, -goes.
–noun
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.

Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; < Sp látigo whip, cinch strap, perh. < Goth *laittug; cf. OE lāttēh leading rein, equiv. to lād- lead 1 + tēh, tēah tie
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