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.

plural

aparejos

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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Etymology

Origin of aparejo

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

Example Sentences

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

When Brooke moved to sit on an aparejo, Pete ordered him to one of the kitchen boxes.

From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger

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

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 Ross, Thomasina

The marks of the crupper, aparejo and girth never would disappear.

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.