See Also: Lasso(medicine)
lasso(dictionary)
lasso 1, noun(dictionary)
lasso 2, verb(dictionary)

lasso (iou)



lasso noun & verb. Also laso, lazo. M18.
[Spanish lazo (repr. Amer. Spanish pronunc.) = Old French laz: see LACE noun & adjective.]
A. noun. Pl. -o(e)s.
A long rope, esp. of untanned hide, with a noose at one end now used chiefly in the western US for catching cattle and wild horses. M18.
Hist. A girth placed round a cavalry horse with a lasso or long rope attached, for use in drawing guns etc. Also lasso-harness. M19.
Comb.: lasso-cell Zoology a nematocyst or stinging cell of a coelenterate; a similar cell of a ctenophore, which with others exudes a long sticky thread; lasso-harness: see sense 2 above.
b. verb trans.
Catch (as) with a lasso. E19.
Military. Draw (guns etc.) with lasso-harness. M19.
lassoer noun L19.