aparejo
Americannoun
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aparejos
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of aparejo
Literally, “preparation (i.e., equipment)”
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Before the aparejo was adjusted to the mule, a salea, or raw sheep-skin, made soft by rubbing, was put on the animal's back, to prevent chafing, and over it the saddle-cloth, or xerga.
From The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway by Buffalo Bill
In a day or two, one is all but felled by the stench and corruption of the worm-filled wound—when the aparejo is lifted….
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Will Levington Comfort
When Brooke moved to sit on an aparejo, Pete ordered him to one of the kitchen boxes.
From A Man in the Open by Roger Pocock
To the pack-saddle, or aparejo, two baskets are fastened, in which the botijas are placed with the small ends downwards.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Thomasina Ross
The animal itself and its aparejo were never recovered by us.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Carl Lumholtz
When we look out of our windows, we see the aparejos, which are the saddles put on the mules when they are loaded.
From Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Half an hour later, with the sacks of gold securely lashed on the aparejos of the pack-horse, we climbed out of Writing-Stone bottom and swung away over the silent tablelands.
From Raw Gold A Novel by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe
A word to Billy would have been enough to get the aparejos to a place of safety, pending the settlement of Pete's just claim as partner.
From A Man in the Open by Roger Pocock
We skirmished around and found a condemned army pack saddle with aparejos, and a sawbuck saddle with kyacks.
From Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White
He loosed the aparejos and mantas, containing the kitchen-kit; almost magically a fire was started.
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Will Levington Comfort
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