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
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
But the hermit soberly journeyed toward Nottingham, the two men-at-arms, with the sumpter mule, riding in front.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
They treated us very well on the journey, giving us sumpter beasts and every thing necessary.
From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza
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
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