New words from Desert Crossing
Here's a couple words from Luke Short's Desert Crossing. It's an old Western, and the words convey that tone.
- remuda: the herd of saddle horses from which are chosen those to be used for the day by the ranch hands
- malpais: rough country underlain by dark especially basaltic lava. From the Spanish mal pais: "bad country"
- ambulance: a passenger vehicle in the old West
- aparejo: a packsaddle of stuffed leather or canvas
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