Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabrestos
Literary usage of Cabrestos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"The cabrestos were of course easily managed. We unhooked the chains from their
... These cabrestos are sometimes so well trained that they will bring their ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"Finally, when the bull has given sufficient amusement the cabrestos are driven
in and the ... cabrestos (or Cabestros}—Tame cattle used in removing bulls. ..."
3. A Hunter's Experiences in the Southern States of America: Being an Account by Flack (1866)
"For lassoing the ropes used are of two kinds, from forty to fifty feet long.
Those made of twisted tail-hair are called cabrestos. ..."
4. Thirteen Stories by Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1901)
"... at the palenque before the door stood horses tied by strong raw-hide cabrestos,
hanging their heads in the fierce sun, shifting from leg to leg, ..."
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