sumpter

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Chests were strapped on sumpter mules; chariots with pawing horses stood in the main courtyard, ready to be gone.

From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West

This was a number of wagoners and sumpter boys, whom Robert had collected; and having supplied them with military standards, gave them the appearance at a distance of a formidable body.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. by Hume, David

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 Levett-Yeats, S.

A sumpter horse or mule; beast of burden.

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

Simon and Marian Pendexter had been installed in office, with orders to write in a month: three sumpter mules were laden with the family luggage: and the last farewells were taken.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah