tapaderos

Accordingly, he wore heavy chaps and enormous tapaderos, those leather coverings for the stirrup which protect the feet and ankles from clawing brush; many a South Texas cowboy had saved a leg by the leather armor of chap and tapadero.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

I have studied forty-seven photographs of groups of cowboys in the years 1867-68-69, and not one appear in chaps, tapaderos or exaggerated hat.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

The stirrups were then generally made of wood, very big and broad in sole and very heavy, sometimes covered with tapaderos, huge leather caps to save the feet from thorns in heavy brush, and protect them from cold in severe weather.

Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

He went to the loose hay heaped at the wall and began to kick it about, half expecting to have his boot strike against the silver tipped horn or the heavy tapaderos.

Six Feet Four Jackson Gregory 1912

Hondo, tapaderos, bad hombre, tecolote, bronco, maverick, side-winder -- rapaciously he seized upon them as bits of the argot of fairyland.

The Desert Valley Jackson Gregory 1912

So closely did the rocks press in on each side that often his tapaderos brushed the sheer wall.

Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure Jackson Gregory 1912

The twigs and branches lisped and clattered against the carved leather tapaderos that hooded the stirrups.

Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

They used the single-cinch saddle; long _tapaderos_; or stirrup hoods; curve-shanked spurs with jingling chains; low, wide-brimmed sombreros and rawhide ropes.

The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909

He studied a minute, his eyes closed thoughtfully, then threw off the saddle and examined the sheepskin lining, _tapaderos_, jockeys, skirts.

The She Boss A Western Story Arthur Preston Hankins 1906

He had also a riata, a cuerta, and tapaderos, and frequently employed these Spanish names for the objects.

Lin McLean Owen Wister 1899