He now slips his right hand down the rope to a point half way between pack and aparejo boot, and with the left hand reaches from forward between standing rope and aparejo and grasps the rope just above the right hand.
The aparejo is of Arabian origin, and the Spaniards, who adopted it from the Moors, introduced it into Mexico.
In Mexico there are two types of the aparejo in common use.
The near packer now engages around front boot of aparejo the free portion of the running rope below the bight just formed.
The top rope is the rope leading up from the rear corner of the aparejo boot on near side to the side and center of off side pack.
In one of these the mule's aparejo struck a rock, which caused the animal to lose its foothold.
The animal itself and its aparejo were never recovered by us.
The head packer now draws the tucked loop forward and tucks it under the corners and the lower edge of the nigh side of the aparejo (Fig.
The aparejo is a sort of a leather mattress which goes over the horse's back and on which the pack rests, but you will find all about that when you hit the trail with a pack train.
The aparejo is to throw over the horse's back as in Fig.
He passes the rope under the corners and lower edge of the off side of the aparejo (G, H, Fig.
The aparejo and pack saddle are inventions of the Arabians away back in the eighth century.
The second packer now runs the rope through the hook and pulls up the cincha end until the hook is near the lower edge of the off side of the aparejo (Fig.
The aparejo is furnished with a huge crupper, and this appendage is really the most cruel of all, for it is almost sure to lacerate the tail.
Each side flap of the aparejo is composed of a double layer of hide, with space sufficient between the layers to introduce an efficient stuffing of hay, dry moss, fibre, or other stuffing material.
The above illustration represents this aparejo when placed on the back of the mule.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "aparejo" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
