cowpokes
Cattle drive workers
Cowpokes are cowboys or cattle hands—workers who tend cattle on ranches or drives.
The word comes from the literal poking of cattle with sticks to move them along.
It has a folksy, slightly humorous tone compared to the more neutral cowboy: a bunch of cowpokes sitting around a campfire.
Looped rope for catching
- chapsProtective riding legwear
- spursHeel-mounted riding prods
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- bandanaSquare cloth for head
lariat · boots · holster · rope · stirrups · bridle · reins · chinks
Livestock handler on ranches
- buckarooWestern cattle herder
- droverOne who moves livestock
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
- cattlemanOne who raises bovines
ranchhand · herder · pastoralist · grazier · mustanger · outrider · vaquero · gaucho
Edge of settlement
- outlawsFugitives from justice
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- tumbleweedDetached, rolling desert plant
desperado · stagecoach · gunslinger · homestead · bunkhouse · campfire · chuckwagon · stampede
lasso
Looped rope for catching
bandana · lariat · boots · holster · rope · stirrups · bridle · reins · chinks · neckerchief
wrangler
Livestock handler on ranches
cattleman · ranchhand · herder · pastoralist · grazier · mustanger · outrider · vaquero · gaucho · jackaroo
frontier
Edge of settlement
- outlawsFugitives from justice
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
tumbleweed · desperado · stagecoach · gunslinger · homestead · bunkhouse · campfire · chuckwagon · stampede · range
roundup
Organized gathering of scattered things
wrangling · mustering · driving · corralling · penning · tending · trailing · cutting · breaking · ranching
bucking
Jumping to unseat rider
arena · bronc · bulldogging
cowpokescity slickers
Urban dwellers, countryside-naive
urbanites · city dwellers · metropolitans · townies · New Yorkers
cowpokesoffice workers
Indoor professional employees
desk jockeys · white-collar workers · pencil pushers · businessmen · executives