sumpter
Example Sentences
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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
Half a dozen sumpter horses were needed to carry the general's tent and equipage; his officers required a score more.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
Then I led over the horses, beginning with the four sumpter beasts.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
We started, my uncouth guide sitting tailor-fashion on the sumpter mule, upon the baggage.
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
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
