Origins
The origin of the word fiador in its equestrian sense is obscure but appears to be of South American origin. In Spanish, the word fiador has numerous senses, all related to safekeeping. For example, an 18th century Spanish—English dictionary defines fiador as surety, bail; he that is bound for another. In falconry, the small long line that is fastened to the hawk's leash when she is first lured, to bring her back at pleasure. also the loop of a cloak that comes about the neck to button, that it may not fall off. An early 19th century Portuguese—English dictionary also gives the senses of surety, bail, and falconry long line (creance). By the mid 19th century (prior to 1860) the equestrian sense was in wide use in Argentina, and it also appears in a 1911 dictionary of argentinismos.
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