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Bondy, Claye, and Chalons, towards Metz, to track the new Berline; and gallops a franc etrier.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Romoeuf, riding a franc etrier, on that old Herb-merchant's route, quickened during the last stages, has got to Varennes; where the Ten thousand now furiously demand, with fury of panic terror, that Royalty shall forthwith return Paris-ward, that there be not infinite bloodshed.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Other accessories I use are carabiners, several loops of tubular webbing, cowhide gloves, an etrier (a webbing ladder).
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