Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sumpter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sumpter \Sump"ter\, n. [OF. sommetier the driver of a pack
horse; akin to OF. & F. sommier a pack horse, L. sagmarius,
fr. sagma a pack saddle, in LL., a load, Gr. ? a pack saddle,
fr. ? to pack, load; cf. Skr. saj, sa[~n]j, to hang on. Cf.
{Seam} a weight, {Summer} a beam.]
1. The driver of a pack horse. [Obs.] --Skeat.
2. A pack; a burden. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
3. An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or
burdens; a baggage horse. --Holinshed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sumpter \Sump"ter\, a.
Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a
sumpter mule. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sumpter
n : an animal such as a mule or burro or horse used to carry
loads [syn: {pack animal}]
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