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

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.

The packing down and shaping of the aparejo so loosened the cinch and ropes that frequently it was necessary to stop and tighten them all after a mile or so had been put behind.

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.

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

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

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