remuda means A herd of horses from which the horses to be used for a particular purpose are selected.
remuda is pronounced /ɹəˈmuːdə/.
Why “remuda” is a great word
A herd of horses, especially on a ranch, from which mounts are selected for daily work. Borrowed from American Spanish (Mexico) remuda, meaning 'a change (of horses),' from Spanish remuda, meaning 'exchange' or 'relay'; first recorded in American English 1835–45. Unlike 'cavalry,' which denotes armed troops trained to fight on horseback, or 'string,' which implies a rider's personal set, a remuda is a communal pool, a living reservoir of possibility. It is the dust-clouded corral at dawn, the sight of a wrangler's loop settling over a fresh shoulder, the restless shift of hooves on sun-cracked earth—a system of perpetual renewal that makes the day's labor possible, the quiet promise that there is always another horse, another turn across the open range.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish remuda.
noun
- A herd of horses from which the horses to be used for a particular purpose are selected.e.g.“‘Don’t die!’ You can bet your Red River remuda on that.” — 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 157:
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