mecate

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mecate

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Borrowed from Spanish mecate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mecatl.

noun mecates

Southwestern, US A rope of hair or maguey fibre, for tying horses, etc.

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"mecate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mecate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"mecate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mecate.

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@misc{mecate_2026,
  title = {mecate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mecate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}