cowpuncher
Range worker horseback
A cowpuncher is a cowboy—someone who herds and tends cattle on a ranch.
The term comes from the practice of prodding cattle with poles to move them, especially when loading them onto railroad cars.
It's an informal, somewhat old-fashioned word with a rugged, Western flavor: The old cowpuncher had spent fifty years working ranches across Montana.
Hispanic cattle driver
- buckarooWestern cattle herder
- gauchoPampas cowboy
- stockmanLivestock raiser or tender
- droverOne who moves livestock
jackaroo · cowgirl · western · frontier · outlaw · saloon · gunslinger · homesteader
Grazing animals together
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
- calvingIce mass separation
- roundupOrganized gathering of scattered things
drive · livestock · bovine · heifer · bull · stockyard · feedlot · beef
Looped rope for catching
- chapsProtective riding legwear
- spursHeel-mounted riding prods
- bandanaSquare cloth for head
- saddleMounted rider's seat
lariat · riata · boots · rope · holster · slicker · neckerchief · gloves
Free-roaming feral horse
- broncUntamed saddle horse
- buckingJumping to unseat rider
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- wranglingLengthy, contentious disputing
corral · reins · bridle · horseback · riding · mount · gelding · mare
Communal sleeping building
- chuckwagonMobile frontier cooking station
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- bedrollRolled portable bedding
- dustyCoated with fine particles
saddlesore · ranch · range · prairie · hardscrabble · lonesome · drifter · hired hand
Untamed saddle horse
- arenaVenue for contests
- bullwhipLong braided cattle lash
- clownComedic performer in makeup
- bulldoggingTackling steers by horns
vaquero
Hispanic cattle driver
drover · jackaroo · cowgirl · western · frontier · outlaw · saloon · gunslinger · homesteader
herd
Grazing animals together
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
- calvingIce mass separation
roundup · drive · livestock · bovine · heifer · bull · stockyard · feedlot · beef · stockman
lasso
Looped rope for catching
saddle · lariat · riata · boots · rope · holster · slicker · neckerchief · gloves · tack
mustang
Free-roaming feral horse
wrangling · corral · reins · bridle · horseback · riding · mount · gelding · mare · stirrup
bunkhouse
Communal sleeping building
- chuckwagonMobile frontier cooking station
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- bedrollRolled portable bedding
dusty · saddlesore · ranch · range · prairie · hardscrabble · lonesome · drifter · hired hand
bronc
Untamed saddle horse
bulldogging · calf roping · steer wrestling · buckle · chute
- livestock workerscattleman, cowherd, goatherd, sheepherder, swineherd
cowpuncherfarmer
One who cultivates land
crop farmer · sharecropper · sodbuster · plowman · homesteader
cowpunchercity slicker
Savvy metropolitan dweller
tenderfoot · urbanite · dude · townsman · easterner