lassu

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A form of lasso — A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.

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Meanings

nounlassu (plural lassus or lassues)

plural lassus · plural lassues

  1. archaicArchaic form of lasso.

    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.

    1824, Edward Hibbet, Narrative of a Journey from Santiago de Chile to Buenos Ayres in July and August, 1821
verblassu (third-person singular simple present lassus or lassues, present participle lassuing, simple past and past participle lassued)

present singular third person lassus · present singular third person lassues · participle present lassuing · participle past lassued · past lassued

  1. archaicArchaic form of lasso.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Susla
Cite this entry
APA

lassu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lassu

MLA

“lassu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lassu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lassu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lassu.

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