sumpter
Example Sentences
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There are ten lances and two court ladies and a dozen or so of sumpter horses—a brave show.
From Orrain A Romance by S. Levett-Yeats
I had fallen back behind the sumpter horses, and halted for a moment, when I felt a hand rest lightly on my stirrup.
From Orrain A Romance by S. Levett-Yeats
"Pardon, my Prince," said I, "but all the apparel I have is upon my sumpter horse, which comes in the train of the Princess."
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The brothers answered 'Yes,' and that in very truth it was for him that they asked for the sumpter beast.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Edward Hutton
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 James Fenimore Cooper
