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Definition of Aparejo
1. n. 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.
Definition of Aparejo
1. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aparejo
1. a type of saddle [n -JOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aparejo
Literary usage of Aparejo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technological dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"gancho de aparejo. anchor stock —. aparejo para revirar el cepo — with five pulleys,
... aparejo del varón. runner —, aparejo de tesar jarcias mayores I ..."
2. A Complete Handbook for the Hospital Corps of the U.S. Army and Navy and by Charles Field Mason (1912)
"Haw to Place Blanket on aparejo Preparatory to Putting on the aparejo. ...
Its proper place, before putting the aparejo on the mule, is under the corona. ..."
3. Engineer Field Manual by United States Army. Corps of Engineers, United States War Dept (1912)
"If the aparejo ia properly set up and lined thero will he no tendency to move hack
... The crupper is in reality a steadying lever to keep the aparejo from ..."
4. A Report to the Surgeon General on the Transport of Sick and Wounded by Pack by George Alexander Otis (1877)
"Tu set up an aparejo, prepare straight smooth sticke from one-half to one inch
in diameter (wild-rose stems aro the best, but any tough, elastic wood will ..."
5. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"The one in general use in the US army (called aparejo) is 4 ... Place the aparejo
upside-down ; take four sticks 1 inch in diameter, cut them to fit tightly ..."
6. At Home in the Wilderness: Being Full Instructions how to Get Along, and to by John Keast Lord (1867)
"... Saddles radically bad—Desirability of the ' aparejo '—How to make an aparejo—Its
Weight—Evidences of Suffering—In search of Pack Saddles—The ' Rigging. ..."
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