Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A packsaddle made of a stuffed leather pad.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of Mexican saddle formed of leather cushions stuffed with hay, used in the western United States.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

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  • noun A kind of packsaddle formerly used in the American military and among the Spanish Americans, made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish, from Spanish, equipment, from aparejar, to prepare, from Vulgar Latin *appariculāre; see apparel.]

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Spanish

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Examples

  • The equipment of a pack-mule -- mula de carga - consists first and foremost of the aparejo, which is a square pad of stuffed leather.

    Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

  • The art of packing, a special skill developed largely by the Mexicans, was euphonious with Spanish terms like cargadore, aparejo, suadera, and cincha.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • Before Crook, the army quartermaster issued a single size and design of aparejo, or pack-cushion, regardless of the size and shape of the mule.

    Once They Moved Like the Wind David Roberts 1994

  • Before Crook, the army quartermaster issued a single size and design of aparejo, or pack-cushion, regardless of the size and shape of the mule.

    Once They Moved Like the Wind David Roberts 1994

  • H. halving back, see splitting strop handline ligna main aparejo, llnea de mano hanging montage armement armar un arte

    Chapter 5 1983

  • Here's to pack and aparejo, the cradle, gun trail,

    Rhymes of the Rookies W. E. Christian

  • The aparejo is then secured by a broad grass-band, which is drawn so tight, that the animal appears cut in two, and groans and grunts most awfully under the operation, which to a greenhorn seems most unnecessary and cruel.

    Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

  • The tapojos is placed over the eyes, the heavy aparejo adjusted, and the pack secured, in three minutes.

    Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

  • The greatest difficulty I experienced was in packing the mules, which operation, when on an aparejo, or Mexican pack-saddle, is the work of two men, and I may as well describe the process.

    Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

  • 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 ....

    Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Will Levington Comfort 1905

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