sumpter
Example Sentences
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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
Then I led over the horses, beginning with the four sumpter beasts.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
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.
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
They had three saddle-horses and four sumpter mules.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
