cowpoke
Drives the herd
A cowpoke is a cowboy—someone who works cattle on a ranch.
The word comes from the practice of prodding cattle with poles to move them, especially into railroad cars.
It carries a casual, slightly old-fashioned flavor: Just an old cowpoke riding the range.
More common in American Western contexts than in actual ranching today.
Looped rope for catching
- chapsProtective riding legwear
- spursHeel-mounted riding prods
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
wrangler · broncobuster · cattleman · herder · drover · buckaroo · vaquero · stockman
Jumping to unseat rider
- broncUntamed saddle horse
- barebackRiding without a saddle
- chuteInclined passage for descent
- arenaVenue for contests
clown · stampede · lasso · rope · saddle · spurs · buckle · contestant
Dialectal form of companion
- hombreMan, in Spanish
- buckarooWestern cattle herder
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- broncoUnbroken saddle horse
tenderfoot · greenhorn · rustler · maverick · dude · oldtimer · trailhand · puncher
lasso
Looped rope for catching
corral · wrangler · broncobuster · cattleman · herder · drover · buckaroo · vaquero · stockman · roundup
bucking
Jumping to unseat rider
arena · clown · stampede · lasso · rope · saddle · spurs · buckle · contestant · champion
pardner
Dialectal form of companion
bronco · tenderfoot · greenhorn · rustler · maverick · dude · oldtimer · trailhand · puncher · roper
pasture
Grazing ground for livestock
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
- barnAgricultural storage structure
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
herd · branding · fencing · haystack · trough · bunkhouse · homestead · livestock · grazing · feedlot
frontier
Edge of settlement
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- outlawFugitive from justice
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
stagecoach · gunfight · desperado · bandit · prospector · goldrush · pioneer · settler · territory · buffalo
- Old Westcowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs, marshal
- Country Musichonky tonk, Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, CMT, country pop
- American slangbamboozle, bogus, bunkum, conniption, discombobulate
cowpokefarmer
One who cultivates land
city slicker · office worker · banker · businessman · desk jockey
cowpokecity slicker
Savvy metropolitan dweller
urbanite · city dweller · metropolitan · easterner · dude