Definition of "latigo"
latigo
noun
plural latigos or latigoes
A strap used to tighten a cinch.
Quotations
He looked at the saddle and saw that both latigos, the straps that held the cinches, were broken. Both were old latigos instead of the good new ones that had been on the saddle the day before, and both had been cut halfway through with a knife.
1989, Hal Borland, When the Legends Die, published 2011, unnumbered page
A double-roller functions like a pulley system in that the latigo runs through the top roller and then down and through a bottom roller. […] Most riders today use latigos on the left side to tighten the cinch and off-billets on the right, but some horsemen still prefer to use latigos on both sides.
2013, Cynthia McFarland, The Horseman's Guide to Tack and Equipment: Form, Fit and Function, page 69