Animals:
* Bronc: A wild horse, especially one used for riding.
* Cayuse: A small, hardy horse, often used for working cattle.
* Dogie: A motherless calf.
* Maverick: An unbranded animal, often a calf.
* Mustang: A wild horse, descended from Spanish horses.
Equipment:
* Chaps: Leather leggings worn for protection while riding.
* Chuck wagon: A large wagon used for cooking and eating on the trail.
* Hoosegow: A jail.
* Lariat: A rope used for catching cattle.
* Quirt: A short whip used to urge horses forward.
* Saddle: A seat for riding a horse.
* Spurs: Metal devices attached to boots that are used to urge a horse forward.
* Tumbleweed: A dried, windblown plant that rolls across the prairie.
Actions and Activities:
* Branding: A process of marking animals with a hot iron.
* Chucking: Throwing or tossing, often used to describe throwing food or other objects.
* Doggin': Roping a steer or calf.
* Dusting: Shooting someone.
* Riding herd: Keeping animals together and preventing them from straying.
* Roping: Catching an animal with a lasso.
* Saddle sore: Pain caused by long hours spent in the saddle.
* Scrounging: Searching for food or supplies.
* Trailing: Moving cattle from one location to another.
General:
* Bawl out: To scold someone.
* Bellyache: To complain.
* Howdy: A greeting, short for "How do you do?"
* Howdy-doody: A greeting, similar to "Howdy".
* Rustle: To steal cattle.
* Saddle up: To get ready to ride a horse.
* Trail boss: The leader of a cattle drive.
* Wagons ho!: A call to start a journey.
Important Notes:
* Context is Key: The meaning of a term can vary depending on the context.
* Regional Variations: Cowboy slang differs slightly from region to region.
* Evolution: Cowboy slang is constantly evolving as new terms are coined and old ones fall out of use.
This is just a small sampling of cowboy slang. For a more comprehensive list, you can refer to dictionaries of cowboy slang or online resources.