remuda

re·mu·da  (r-md)

n. Southwestern U.S.

A herd of horses from which ranch hands select their mounts.

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[American Spanish, change of horses, remuda, from Spanish, exchange, from remudar, to exchange : re-, in return (from Latin; see re-) + mudar, to change (from Latin mtre; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

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Noun

1.

remuda - the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans