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

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

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

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.

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

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 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