Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A horse-cloth spread over the saddle.
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Examples
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It should be mentioned that Sancho had thrown, by way of a sumpter-cloth, over Dapple and over the bundle of armour, the buckram robe painted with flames which they had put upon him at the duke's castle the night Altisidora came back to life.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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It should be mentioned that Sancho had thrown, by way of a sumpter-cloth, over Dapple and over the bundle of armour, the buckram robe painted with flames which they had put upon him at the duke's castle the night Altisidora came back to life.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 42 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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It must here be mentioned that Sancho Panza, by way of sumpter-cloth, had thrown the buckram robe painted with flames, which he had worn on the night of Altisidora's revival, upon his ass.
Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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It should be mentioned that Sancho had thrown, by way of a sumpter-cloth, over Dapple and over the bundle of armour, the buckram robe painted with flames which they had put upon him at the duke's castle the night Altisidora came back to life.
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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And there he has brought out your lordship’s palfrey, without the saddle being decored wi’ the broidered sumpter-cloth! and I could have brushed it in a minute.”
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And there he has brought out your lordship's palfrey, without the saddle being decored wi 'the broidered sumpter-cloth! and I could have brushed it in a minute. "
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
hernesheir commented on the word sumpter-cloth
It's like a cape, for a horse.
footcloth
January 8, 2012