lassu

See also: lassù and lassú

English

Noun

lassu (plural lassus or lassues)

1. Archaic form of lasso.
   • 1824, Edward Hibbet, Narrative of a Journey from Santiago de Chile to Buenos Ayres in July and August, 1821:

     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.

Verb

lassu (third-person singular simple present lassus or lassues, present participle lassuing, simple past and past participle lassued)

1. Archaic form of lasso.

Anagrams

• sauls