alforja

American  

[al-fawr-juh, ahl-fawr-hah] / ælˈfɔr dʒə, ɑlˈfɔr hɑ /

noun

Southwestern U.S.

• alforjas
  plural

1. a saddlebag, especially one made of leather.

2. a cheek pouch.

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alforja British  

/ ælˈfɔːdʒə /

noun

1. a saddlebag made of leather or canvas

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• alforjas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of alforja

1605–15; < Spanish < Arabic al-khurj the pair of saddlebags

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

alforja alforjas

You sneak off and roll up that piece of buckskin, and thrust it into the alforja.

From The Mountains by Stewart Edward White

About a week later one of your companions drags out of the alforja something crumpled that resembles in general appearance and texture a rusted five-gallon coal-oil can that has been in a wreck.

From The Mountains by Stewart Edward White

They feasted on the scraps that remained in the alforjas, while Rocinante and Sancho's ass were left free to pluck all the grass they desired.

From The Story of Don Quixote by Florence Choate

The alforjas are then filled with the small articles of the camp equipment and hung on the forks of the saddle.

From Woodcraft by E. H. (Elmer Harry) Kreps

Unfortunately, the attractions of the Great Bustard, several of which were also in sight, proved irresistible: but I had the satisfaction of riding home that evening with my first bustard slung to the alforjas.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck

Now Don Quixote was beginning to feel hungry, and he asked Sancho Panza to give him some food out of his alforjas.

From The Story of Don Quixote by Florence Choate

‘I sent for no soga,’ said the prisoner, ‘I sent for my alforjas to serve as a pillow, and it was sent in them by chance.’

From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Thomas Herbert Darlow