cowhands
Cattle drive workers
Cowhands are workers who tend cattle on a ranch, handling tasks like herding, branding, and fence repair.
The term is interchangeable with cowboy but emphasizes the labor rather than the romanticized image: The ranch employed a dozen cowhands during calving season.
Organized gathering of scattered things
- driveOperate a vehicle
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- musteringGathering or summoning
- droversLivestock transporters on foot
lariat · branding · trail · range · buckaroo · stampede · cutting · roping
Communal sleeping building
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- chapsProtective riding legwear
spurs · tackroom · livestock · barn · homestead · rancher · feedlot · fence
Edge of settlement
- Old WestAmerican cowboy era
- trail bossCattle drive commander
- chuck wagonMobile frontier cooking cart
- cattle driveMoving herd to market
campfire · bedroll · stampede · vaquero · gaucho · jackaroo · drover · bandana
Jumping to unseat rider
- broncosUntamed, unbroken horses
- barebackRiding without a saddle
- chuteInclined passage for descent
- arenaVenue for contests
rodeo clown · eight seconds · entry fees · buckle · roughstock
roundup
Organized gathering of scattered things
drovers · lariat · branding · trail · range · buckaroo · stampede · cutting · roping · dogies
bunkhouse
Communal sleeping building
chaps · spurs · tackroom · livestock · barn · homestead · rancher · feedlot · fence · stirrups
frontier
Edge of settlement
- Old WestAmerican cowboy era
- trail bossCattle drive commander
- chuck wagonMobile frontier cooking cart
cattle drive · campfire · bedroll · stampede · vaquero · gaucho · jackaroo · drover · bandana · boots
bucking
Jumping to unseat rider
arena · rodeo clown · eight seconds · entry fees · buckle · roughstock
cowhandsfarmers
Land-cultivating occupation holders
tillers · planters · field hands · sharecroppers · fishermen
cowhandscattle barons
Wealthy large-scale ranchers
ranchers · landowners · bosses · proprietors · employers
cowhandsoffice workers
Indoor professional employees
white-collar workers · city dwellers · factory workers · clerks · industrial workers