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‖ recado|reˈkado|
Also 7 recaudo, recarder.
[a. Sp. or Pg. recado (also recaudo) a message or errand, a gift, equipment or furnishings, etc.; of uncertain origin (see Diez and Körting).]
†1. A present; a message of compliment. Obs.
1615R. Cocks Diary (Hakluyt Soc.) I. 26 Our hostis..sent her sonne to me with a present of 2 barilles wine and other recado. c1645Howell Lett. I. v. ix. 205 Yours of the 2 of July came to safe hand, and I did all those particulars recaudos, you enjoyned me to do to som of your friends here. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 71 The Padre-Superior, whose Mandate whereever we came caused them to send his Recarders (a Term of Congratulation, as we say, Our Service).
2. A South American saddle. Also, a saddle-cloth.
1826Sir F. B. Head Pampas 246 (Stanf.), I was standing in despair, gazing at the recado which had formed my bed. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. iii. (1873) 44 The complicated gear of the recado or saddle used in the Pampas. 1961G. Durrell Whispering Land vii. 180 Using our saddles and the woolly sheepskin saddle-cloth, called a recado, as back-rests. |