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
They had with them a sumpter horse, whilst a third, which was evidently intended for my prisoner, was held by a groom.
From Orrain A Romance by S. Levett-Yeats
Here richly-caparisoned horses were prancing, there sumpter mules laden with supplies, and decorated with ribbons and flowers, made their slow way onward.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
But no; after another quarter of an hour's haggling they yielded the last point, and, laden like a sumpter mule, Bill took his triumphant departure.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
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
