aparejo
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of aparejo
Literally, “preparation (i.e., equipment)”
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
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
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