dally

Meanings

Verb

• To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
• To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
• To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
• To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal

Noun

• Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.

Origin

• From Middle English dalyen, from Anglo-Norman delaier.
• Possibly from Spanish dale la vuelta ("twist it around") by law of Hobson-Jobson, from dale + la + vuelta.