| 单词 | sumpter mule |
| 释义 | > as lemmassumpter mule C1. As a modifier. Designating a packhorse or (occasionally) other working animal used to carry loads; (also sometimes) designating a vehicle used to transport loads. Esp. in sumpter horse, sumpter mule. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [adjective] > carried by a pack animal sumpterc1450 the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > labouring > that bears a burden > covering or carried by beast of burden sumpterc1450 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > pack-horse summer?a1300 bottle-horsea1414 mail horse1440 sumpter horsec1450 sommier1481 packhorse?a1500 carriage horse1500 sumpter1526 sumpture1567 load-horse1568 loader1600 baggage-horse1640 led horse1662 portmanteau-gelding1694 portmanteau-horse1770 pack pony1850 bât-horse1863 pack1866 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > hybrid horse and ass > mule > used for specific purpose sumpter mule1579 bât-mule1787 pack mule1834 post-mule1835 pole mule1862 lead-mule1877 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [adjective] > of or relating to baggage sumpter1758 baggageless1891 carry-on1948 the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > work animals > beast of burden widgeeOE beastc1300 jument1382 aver?a1513 sumpter1526 sumpture1567 beast of carriage1586 beast of burden1740 sumpter1821 pack animal1846 shavetail1846 baggage-animal1852 baggager1859 pack1866 packer1875 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 582/11 Falerarius, a sompterhors. 1578 J. Polemon All Famous Battels 92 Hee hymselfe wyth the chosen horsemen of the guarde,..had placed the sumpter Camelles according to their custome. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 556 They ouerthrewe their cariages and sumpter moyles. 1602 To Sir N. Smyth in J. Donne Poems (1912) 405 That Scot..who, at his coming up, had not A Sumpter-dog. 1665 Intelligencer 17 June 468 There first marched 20 Baggage Waggons, and then 11 Sumpter Asses. 1758 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 511 A train of two chaises and two cars with us..and our sumpter-car. 1821 R. Southey Exped. Orsua 191 The sumpter beasts, who were partly laden with powder. 1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger III. xix. 159 Besides our convoy, we had a sumpter-canoe in company. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab iii. 45 The rest..kept a sharp look-out on the sumpter animals. 1941 K. A. Porter Let. 9 Apr. (1990) iv. 200 His sumpter mules seem to have balked. 2004 K. M. Grant Blood Red Horse iii. 18 A great household like the de Granvilles' needed all kinds of different horses: sumpter horses for carrying packs, palfreys for ladies and clerics, baggage horses [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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