The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mochila
Mochila \Mo*chi"la\, n. [Sp.] A large leather flap which covers the saddletree. [Western U.S.]
Wiktionary
mochila
n. (context US Western US English) A large leather flap that covers the saddle tree.
Usage examples of "mochila".
The mochila slipped over the special lightweight saddle we used and could be changed quickly when we traded mounts.
We left all that we owned at the mouth of that cave and we filled our wallets and panniers and our mochilas with the cave dirt and we left out at daybreak.