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‖ tapadero|tapaˈdero|
Also 9 -daro, -dera, tapi-.
[Sp. tapadero cover, lid, stopper, f. tapar to stop up, cover.]
A heavy leather housing for the front of the stirrup, used in California and elsewhere in North America to protect the foot against thorny undergrowth and keep it from slipping forward.
1844J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. 213 The stirrups..over which are fastened the tapaderas or coverings of leather to protect the toes. 1872‘Mark Twain’ Roughing It xxiv. 178 It was a Spanish saddle, with ponderous tapidaros. 1879Cimarron (N. Mexico) News & Press 20 Nov. 3/4 New Saddler Shop... Stirrups, Tapaderos, Saddle Bags, etc. 1891Cent. Dict., Tapadera. 1897Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 2/1 Tapideros, or leather coverings for the stirrups, avoid the danger of the foot going right through the stirrup. 1933J. Steinbeck To God Unknown xxv. 321 Joseph lifted the heavy saddle, and as the tapadero struck the horse's side, it reared. 1975F. Kennedy Alberta was my Beat p. vi, It [sc. a saddle] was complete with Tapadero covered stirrups. |
