broncobusters
Wild horse tamers
Broncobusters are people who break wild or untamed horses, training them to accept riders.
The term evokes the American West, where breaking broncos—horses that buck violently—was essential ranch work and later became rodeo entertainment.
The old broncobusters had scars to prove their trade.
Mounted cattle herder
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- rodeoCowboy skills competition
- riderOne who mounts transport
- tamerOne who subdues beasts
rancher · mustang · corral · lasso · breaking · saddle · spur · chaps
Struggle for supremacy
- arenaVenue for contests
- chuteInclined passage for descent
- eight secondsRodeo ride requirement
- bull ridingSport atop bucking cattle
bareback · pickup man · clown · announcer · buckle · prize money · circuit · buzzer
Coming apart suddenly
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- gentlingMaking docile or calm
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- halteringFitting head rope
desensitization · round pen · lunging · sacking out · leading · backing · cinching · bridling
America's lawless frontier era
- frontierEdge of settlement
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- dime novelCheap sensational paperback
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
homestead · pioneer · rugged · individualism · cowboy culture · gaucho · charro · jackaroo
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
tamer · rancher · mustang · corral · lasso · breaking · saddle · spur · chaps · livestock
competition
Struggle for supremacy
- arenaVenue for contests
- chuteInclined passage for descent
- eight secondsRodeo ride requirement
bull riding · bareback · pickup man · clown · announcer · buckle · prize money · circuit · buzzer · judges
breaking
Coming apart suddenly
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- gentlingMaking docile or calm
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
haltering · desensitization · round pen · lunging · sacking out · leading · backing · cinching · bridling · starting
Wild West
America's lawless frontier era
- frontierEdge of settlement
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- dime novelCheap sensational paperback
settlement · homestead · pioneer · rugged · individualism · cowboy culture · gaucho · charro · jackaroo · stockman
broncobustersspectators
Those who observe events
audience · onlookers · bystanders · observers · viewers