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