Cowboy Words

Words to learn if you want to talk Cowboy!

A Windy-A tall tale

Acre-43,560 square feet

Animal Unit (AU)-The amount of feed required to maintain a cow with calf, or its equivalent, in a thrifty condition for 12 months.

Animal Unit Month (AUM)-The amount of feed required to maintain a cow with calf, or its equivalent, in a thrifty condition for one month.

App-Appaloosa horse

Average-Scores on all go-rounds plus short go to choose winner of event

Bareback bronc-Rider uses only strap around rib cage of horse

Barrel man-Clown in barrel during the bull riding

Black Baldy-Black cow with white face, usually a Hereford/Angus cross

Brand-Distinctive design burned into a cow / horses hide to show ownership

Bull Nurse-Ranch representative who accompanies shipped cattle to market

Bull rope-The flat braided rope to wrap around a bull that a rider holds during bull ride

Burnin' daylight-Wasting daylight hours when there's work to be done

Calf Crop-Percentage of newborn calves

Chaparral -Dense thicket

Chaps-Protective leather coverings for the legs of cowboys

Chaps-Leather covering over riding jeans

Chinks-Short chaps, usually fringed & stopping just below the knee

Chinook-Warm, dry wind that originates on the leeward slopes of mountains

Chips-Dried cow or buffalo manure used to fuel a fire in the absence of wood

Chute-Holds bucking or timed event stock prior to event

Circuit finals-The regional finals. Texas is the only state that has its own circuit

Clover leaf-Barrel race pattern

Code of the West-Gentleman's agreement to certain rules of conduct for survival

Cookie-The camp cook. (Also called bean master, belly cheater, dough wrangler, gut robber.) The trail cook was undisputed master of the 60-foot area surrounding the chuck wagon and was noted for being surly and ill-tempered. Although his working conditions may have given him many reasons for grumbling, he was proud of his work and usually faithful to the outfit. One of the old west adages was "Never argue with a skunk, a mule or a wagon cook

."CowT-he dumbest animal God created

Cow chip or pie-Cow Dropping that have hardened. Sheltered young women from the east homesteading on the plains often had trouble with the cow chip aspect of frontier living. At first they picked up the chips with two sticks. Then they gravitated to using a rag. Eventually they could be out of the bread dough, into the chips, and back to the bread dough without so much as a dust of the hands. An example of familiarity breeding contempt, or perhaps just realism.

Cow grease-Butter.

Cow Horse-Horse who has the ability to anticipate the behavior of cattle

Cowbell-The bell at bottom of bull rope to drag rope from bull after the rider dismounts

Crow Hop-Stiff legged jumps by a horse that doesn't know how to buck

CRP Conservation Reserve Program-A United States Department of Agriculture program whereby farmers agreed to idle crop land acres and plant to a grass cover crop in return for an annual rental payment, for a ten year period.

Dally-Wrap taken around the saddle horn with the tail end of a lariat rope

Doggie-A wild calf (motherless calf)

Dough gods-Blobs of sourdough fried in hot grease.

Duckfoot-A farming implement used in the cultivation of fields with shovels or sweeps shaped like the webfoot of a duck.

Dunn Horse-Yellowish brown colored horse, usually with black stockings, mane & tail

Earmark-Distinctive cut in a cows ear to show ownership

Entry office-A place to make rodeo entries

Farmer's Riggin' -Bib-overalls

Free hand-One hand in riding events must stay free of animal, touch is out

Gelding-Castrated stud horse

Go round-A turn at event

Good bucker-A top bucking horse or bull

Gravel Grinders-Spurs with a long shank that drag the ground as one walks. Useful for short legged riders.

Greener-Inexperienced hand

Grulla-Mouse colored horse

Half hitch-A knot used by calf roper to tie three legs together

Hen fruit-Eggs.

Hobble-leather around horse's front legs to keep from walking too far

Hooks-Spurs

Hooligan-Tumble of steer head over heels in steer wrestling event

Hull-Saddle

Jackpot- Dangerous situation

Jackpot (Rodeo events) -Contestants pool their money which is then awarded to the winners.

John B-Stetson hat

Kack-Saddle

Lariat-Rope

Latigo-Leather strip

Leggings-Chaps

Lineback Dunn-Dunn horse with a black line running down the spine

Loop-Long loop, wide loop, thrown loop of rope

Low time-The winner in timed event

Luck of the draw-The best animal to give a cowboy a better score

Makin's (or heifer dust)-Sack of tobacco, usually Bull Durham.

Marking out-Feet in position over shoulders of bucking horse as it makes first jump from chute

Miners Inch-A measurement used in describing water flow for irrigation equal to 1 cubic foot per second (1 cfs).

NFR-National finals rodeo

Pay window-The secretary's window to pick up winner's check

Perfect score-100 points. 50 for the rider, 50 for the bull or horse

Pickup man-A rider in the arena to help a contestant from a bucking horse

Pimp sticks-Store-bought cigarettes.

Pootin' Pony-Spirited horse

Prairie coal-Cow chips or dried cow manure, used to build cook fires in treeless areas.

Prairie oysters-Fried calf gonads. Also known as Rocky Mountain Oysters.

PRCA-Professional rodeo cowboy's association

Puncher-Cowhand

Rein-Cotton woven rope used in saddle bronc riding

Ride for the Brand- Being loyal to your employer

Riding glove-Used in bareback or bull riding

Roughout-An unfinished saddle

Saddle blankets-Pancakes.

Saddle bronc-Ridden with roughout saddle, one cloth rein

Salty-Feisty

Section-640 acres & one square mile

Shepherd's Bible-3-pound mail order catalog

Short go-A championship turn

Shotguns-Step-in chaps similar to a pair of pants

Slicker-Rain jacket

Slickfork-"A" Fork saddle

Sonofabitch stew-A stew utilizing all parts of a beef except the beller. No one knows who originated this concoction and origin of the name has been legendary. The stew was probably born out of necessity because when an animal was butchered the flesh would not be ready to cook for at least a day, even by cow camp standards. The various organs --- heart, tongue, sweetbreads, liver, and brains --- could be cooked while the meat was still warm. To feed the entire crew, the cook combined the organs to create a hearty dish.

Soogan-Bedroll

Sowbelly-Salt pork.

Spinner-A bull that turns as if chasing its tail, turning one way, then another, scores high

Spotted pup-Rice pudding with raisins.

Sprinkler Irrigation-Usually refers to mechanical irrigation equipment such as a hand line, wheel line (side roll) or center pivot.

Spur Track- Mark left across a saddle from a spur when the rider is bucked off

Stampede -Runaway herd

Stampede-A wild run of cattle

Stirrup-A footrest on the saddle

Stringin' a whizzer -Telling a tall tale

Swamper-Cook's helper, dishwasher.

Team roper-One roper ropes the steer horns and one roper ropes the rear feet, a team effort

Township-36 Sections

Turn out-Allow animal to leave chute without a rider due to the rider being hurt

Twine Twirler-Calf or steer roper

WPRA-Women's professional rodeo association

I have heard alot of them used around here, good read buddy i like the def for the sonofabitch stew sounds about right.

I married a x-proffesonal barrall racer, I learned alot of those from her"