remuda

Definitions

A herd of horses from which the horses to be used for a particular purpose are selected.

Canada, US

Examples

“‘Don’t die⟳!’ You can bet⟳ your Red River remuda on that.”

“To one side of the barn was a remuda of work-horses, perhaps twenty in all.”

“Buddy did not know⟳ what his mother was going to do, but he was sure that whatever she did would be right; so he hoisted his saddle on the handiest fresh horse, and loped off to drive⟳ in the remuda, feeling certain that his father would move⟳ swiftly to save⟳ his cattle that ranged back in the foothills, and that the saddle horses would be wanted at a moment's notice⟳.”

“A big remuda had been driven up, Cayuse ponies mixed with larger American horses.”

CEFR level