Definition of "aparejo" []

• Southwestern U.S. A packsaddle made of a stuffed leather pad. (noun)

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• "The equipment of a pack-mule -- mula de carga - consists first and foremost of the aparejo, which is a square pad of stuffed leather."
• "The art of packing, a special skill developed largely by the Mexicans, was euphonious with Spanish terms like cargadore, aparejo, suadera, and cincha."
• "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."