tapadero

American  

[tap-uh-dair-oh] / ˌtæp əˈdɛər oʊ /

noun

• tapaderos
  plural

1. tapadera.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tapaderos
  plural

Example Sentences

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tapadero tapaderos

Feeling anything but as confident as he looked, Rob boldly put his foot in the heavy wooden stirrup with its big leather tapadero covering, and swung into the saddle.

From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Payson, Lieut. Howard

Embossed housings and "tapadero," hid the symmetry of their deer-like coursers.

From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Savage, Richard

He studied a minute, his eyes closed thoughtfully, then threw off the saddle and examined the sheepskin lining, tapaderos, jockeys, skirts.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston

So closely did the rocks press in on each side that often his tapaderos brushed the sheer wall.

From Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure by Gregory, Jackson

The twigs and branches lisped and clattered against the carved leather tapaderos that hooded the stirrups.

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto

I noticed it wore an expensive Mexican saddle, all heavy embossed leather, with a high cantle, silver ornaments, big tapaderos on the stirrups, and a horsehair 170 bridle with silver bit.

From Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full by Carleton, Clifford

He went to the loose hay heaped at the wall and began to kick it about, half expecting to have his boot strike against the silver tipped horn or the heavy tapaderos.

From Six Feet Four by Gregory, Jackson