Aparejos

/ˌɑpəˈreɪhoʊz/ noun

Definition

Plural of aparejo; multiple pack saddles used for transporting goods and supplies on pack animals.

Etymology

Plural form of Spanish aparejo, from Latin apparatus. The -s ending creates the plural form commonly used in English when discussing these saddles.

Kelly Says

Trade routes across colonial Mexico and South America were literally built on aparejos—these saddles were so important that caravans of hundreds of mules, each with its own aparejo, created the first commercial highways!

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