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

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

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.

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

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

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