sumpter
Example Sentences
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Independently of their convoy, they had a sumpter canoe in company, belonging to the Eboe people, from which the others were supplied with dressed provisions.
From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Huish, Robert
But the hermit soberly journeyed toward Nottingham, the two men-at-arms, with the sumpter mule, riding in front.
From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)
Then I led over the horses, beginning with the four sumpter beasts.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
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.