What is "latigo"

Latigo \La"ti*go\, n. [Sp. l['a]tigo.] A strap for tightening a saddle girth. [Western U. S. & Sp. Amer.]

n. A strap used to tighten a cinch.

Latigo was a comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Stan Lynde, who also created the Rick O'Shay comic strip. After a dispute over the ownership of Rick O'Shay with the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, Lynde left and went to Field Enterprises to launch Latigo.

The daily Latigo daily strip began 25 June 1979. The Sunday strip, in a half-page format, began 1 July 1979. The daily strip ended May 7, 1983, followed by the last Sunday strip a month later on June 5.

Latigo may refer to:

• Latigo leather, a heavy, durable, and supple cattle hide leather that is combination tanned.
• Latigo, a strap used in Western saddlery to connect the cinches to the rigging. Shares its name with the latigo leather used to make it.
• Fisker Latigo CS, an automobile
• Latigo (comic strip) by Stan Lynde.
• Spanish surname dating back to the period of the Spanish Armada and migrating to many countries in which the Spanish colonized such as Philippines, Argentina, Mexico and United States.
• Surname among Luo ethnic community in Uganda and Kenya.