aparejo

American  

[ap-uh-rey-oh, -rey-hoh, ah-puh-, ah-pah-re-haw] / ˌæp əˈreɪ oʊ, -ˈreɪ hoʊ, ˌɑ pə-, ˌɑ pɑˈrɛ hɔ /

noun

Spanish.

aparejos plural

1. a Mexican packsaddle formed of stuffed leather cushions.

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aparejo British  

/ apaˈrexo /

noun

1. a kind of packsaddle made of stuffed leather cushions

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• aparejos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of aparejo

Literally, “preparation (i.e., equipment)”

Example Sentences

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 one of these the mule’s aparejo struck a rock, which caused the animal to lose its foothold.

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 Lumholtz, Carl

On top of both was placed the aparejo, which was cinched by a wide grass-bandage.

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 Comfort, Will Levington

"Mas el Rey," says Zurita, "que siempre supo gastar su dinero provechosamente, y nunca fue escosso en despendello en las cosas del estado, tuvo mas aparejo para emplearlo, que para encerrarlo."

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling