Cowboy Lingo

A mark burned on the hide of cattle or other livestock to show ownership.

• Brand

• Roundup

• Drover

• Vaquero

A crime

• Felony

• Misdemeanor

• Rustler

• Wrangler

A cattle thief.

• Rustler

• Drover

• Wrangler

• Drive

A Spanish term for cowboy.

• Vaquero

• Rustler

• Drover

• Wrangler

A state of enforced isolation designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests.

• Quarantine

• Stockyards

• Brand

• Roundup

Public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle.

• Open Range

• Cow Town

• Stockyards

• Roundup

The movement of cattle in large herds to a stockyard or market.

• Drive

• Wrangler

• Brand

• Rustler

A person who moves livestock overland to market.

• Drover

• Drive

• Wrangler

• Brand

A place where livestock are penned before they are slaughtered of shipped elsewhere.

• Stockyards

• Brand

• Vaquero

• Rustler

A ranch hand who takes care of saddle horses.

• Wrangler

• Rustler

• Brand

• Drover