aparejo
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of aparejo
Literally, “preparation (i.e., equipment)”
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The packing down and shaping of the aparejo so loosened the cinch and ropes that frequently it was necessary to stop and tighten them all after a mile or so had been put behind.
From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.
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 Lumholtz, Carl
The marks of the crupper, aparejo and girth never would disappear.
From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.
Mr. Burns alluded to an aparejo or an arroyo as casually as Jack would say "singletree" or "furrow," and his stories brought the distant plains country very near.
From The Eagle's Heart by Garland, Hamlin
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
Taos reached, the packs were removed and covered by the aparejos, each pile kept separate.
From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.
A sharp-eyed scout reported two pack-mules, their aparejos bulging with dobie dollars, in the train.
From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)
Breathing heavily with her labor, she carried loads of swampy hay, and cord-wood, until the aparejos were but part of a bonfire.
From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger
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 Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)
As the room was dark, I moved this contrivance out on the veranda, where I also stored my baggage, while my aparejos and saddles were put into the prison next door.
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
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