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Catgut - a rope made from rawhide or natural animal fibers
Other terms for rawhide rope include "gut line", "riata" or "reata" (which is more of a braided rawhide rope), and a "whale line" (not necessarily made of rawhide)
Source:
The Cowboy Encyclopedia by Richard W Slatta; ISBN#0-87436-738-7
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