Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapaderos
Literary usage of Tapaderos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rawhide Rawlins Stories by Charles Marion Russell (1921)
"... hog-snout tapaderos. Cowpunchers were mighty particular about their rig, 'n
in all the camps you'd find a fashion leader. ..."
2. Arizona, the Wonderland: The History of Its Ancient Cliff and Cave Dwellings by George Wharton James (1917)
"tapaderos — flaps at bottom of the square wooden stirrups — reach nearly to the
ground. ... tapaderos are never worn, and the stirrups are pulled ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"He rode a carved-leather saddle, without tapaderos* A rawhide riata hung in its
loop on the right-hand side of the horn. He wore a very stiff-brimmed hat ..."
4. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee (1904)
"... to beat out their brains with their 'tapaderos,' and destroy them 'con cuchillos
puros.' They were led to use this expression from the circumstance that ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1894)
"... a patched pair of corduroys, leather leggings, walking boots and Mexican spurs,
and my choice was a Californian saddle with box stirrups and tapaderos. ..."
6. California the Wonderful: Her Romantic History, Her Picturesque People, Her by Edwin Markham, Leonore MacKay (1914)
"The saddle made a creaking sound at each step of the mustang, and the long
tapaderos that covered the stirrups not only protected the feet from entanglement ..."
7. California the Wonderful: Her Romantic History, Her Picturesque People, Her by Edwin Markham, Leonore MacKay (1914)
"... and the long tapaderos that covered the stirrups not only protected the feet
from entanglement, but they also reached down their long points, ..."
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