- mustang cattle
- Wild black cattle that roamed freely over regions of Texas.
Cowboy Talk. A Dictionary of Spanish Terms. Robert N. Smead. 2013.
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Mustang Island State Park — is a state park located south of the city of Port Aransas, Texas, United States on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that covers 3,954 acres (1,600 ha) and has a 5 mile (8.0 km) beachfront. The land was acquired from private owners in… … Wikipedia
mustang — (n.) small, half wild horse of the American prairie, 1808, from Mex.Sp. mestengo animal that strays (16c.), from Sp. mestengo wild, stray, ownerless, lit. belonging to the mesta, an association of cattle ranchers who divided stray or unclaimed… … Etymology dictionary
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mustang — [19] Etymologically, a mustang is a ‘mixed’ animal. The word comes from Mexican Spanish mestengo, which originally in Spanish meant ‘stray’. This was derived from mesta ‘annual roundup of cattle, participated in by all the herdsmen, in which… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
mustang — [19] Etymologically, a mustang is a ‘mixed’ animal. The word comes from Mexican Spanish mestengo, which originally in Spanish meant ‘stray’. This was derived from mesta ‘annual roundup of cattle, participated in by all the herdsmen, in which… … Word origins
mustang — noun Etymology: Mexican Spanish mestengo, from Spanish, stray, from mesteño strayed, from mesta annual roundup of cattle that disposed of strays, from Medieval Latin (animalia) mixta mixed animals Date: 1808 1. a small hardy naturalized horse of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
mustang — [ mʌstaŋ] noun a small and lightly built feral horse of the south western US. Origin C19: from a blend of Sp. mestengo and mostrenco, both meaning wild or masterless cattle … English new terms dictionary
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