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macheer Western U.S.|məˈtʃɪə(r)|
Also machere.
[Corruptly ad. Sp. mochila.]
A leather flap attached to a saddle. Also attrib.
1847Calif. Star (San Francisco) 21 Aug. 2/3 [A] man declares his macheres (saddle cover) was stolen from under him, although seated upon his horse and his horse in motion. 1853G. D. Brewerton Overland with Kit Carson (1930) 49 Our saddles were of the true Mexican pattern, wooden trees covered with leathers called macheers. a1861T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) v. 45 Showers shrank his buckskins and soaked the macheers of his saddle to mere pulp. 1873J. Miller Life amongst Modocs 50 The Prince unfastened his cloak from the macheers behind my saddle. 1927C. M. Russell Trails plowed Under 166 I've seen bronc riders use an old macheer saddle with a Texas tree. |