sumpter

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XII Many a well-laden sumpter before them cross'd the Rhine, That for the fellow-hunters carried bread and wine.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

The rest of us proceeded on foot, though we had no less than three sumpter beasts to carry our food, instruments, clothes, etc.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

Half a dozen sumpter horses were needed to carry the general's tent and equipage; his officers required a score more.

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

As one of the sumpter cattle that carried his tent had fallen into a river, Themistokles's servants hung up the rich hangings, which were dripping with wet, in order to dry them.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey

As we rode past the tennis courts the sumpter horses were diverted to enter the Louvre by the gate near the riding-school, but we ourselves rode directly towards the main entrance.

From Orrain A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S.