cowhand
Herder on horseback
A cowhand is a person employed to tend cattle on a ranch, doing work like herding, branding, and fence repair.
The term is interchangeable with cowboy but emphasizes the labor over the mythology: The ranch employs a dozen cowhands during calving season.
One who moves livestock
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- shepherdOne who tends flocks
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
- grazierLivestock pasture farmer
roundup · mustering · herding · tending · flock · herd · corral · range
Mounted rider's seat
- lassoLooped rope for catching
- lariatNoosed catching rope
- chapsProtective riding legwear
- spursHeel-mounted riding prods
boots · bandana · reins · bridle · tack · rope · gloves · holster
Communal sleeping building
- foremanWorker who directs others
- buckarooWestern cattle herder
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- ranchhouseRural single-story residence
chores · fencing · haying · saddling · night-watch · tenderfoot · greenhorn
Edge of settlement
- outlawFugitive from justice
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- gunfighterSkilled frontier marksman
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
stagecoach · pioneer · territory · rustler · stampede · mustang · campfire · showdown
Direct movement or castrated bull
- heiferChildless female cattle
- bullSteer before castration
- calfJuvenile cow or leg part
- bovineOf the cattle family
herd · branding · grazing · milking · dairy · beef · stockyard · feedlot
drover
One who moves livestock
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- shepherdOne who tends flocks
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
grazier · roundup · mustering · herding · tending · flock · herd · corral · range · pasture
saddle
Mounted rider's seat
spurs · boots · bandana · reins · bridle · tack · rope · gloves · holster · bedroll
bunkhouse
Communal sleeping building
ranchhouse · chores · fencing · haying · saddling · night-watch · tenderfoot · greenhorn
frontier
Edge of settlement
- outlawFugitive from justice
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- gunfighterSkilled frontier marksman
saloon · stagecoach · pioneer · territory · rustler · stampede · mustang · campfire · showdown
steer
Direct movement or castrated bull
bovine · herd · branding · grazing · milking · dairy · beef · stockyard · feedlot · angus
prairie
Open grassy flatland
badlands · mesa · canyon · frontier · horizon · dust · trail · arroyo · gulch · butte
bronc
Untamed saddle horse
arena · buckle · hazer · roughstock
- ranchingranch, rancher, ranchers, ranching, cows
- farmworkersfarmhand, farmworker, farm laborer, fieldworker, migrant worker
- livestock workersrancher, goatherd, sheepherder, swineherd, livestock handler
- farmhandsfarmhand, farm laborer, crop worker, harvest worker, agricultural worker
- horse workersgroom, stable boy, stable girl, farrier, horse trainer
- rural workerspeasant, farm laborer, farmhand, farmworker, agricultural worker
cowhandshepherd
One who tends flocks
sheepherder · goatherd · swineherd · pig farmer · horse wrangler
cowhandcattle baron
Wealthy large-herd rancher
rancher · landowner · employer · foreman · hired hand
cowhandfactory worker
Manufacturing floor employee
office worker · urbanite · clerk · white-collar worker · desk jockey