mule train

a line of pack mules or a line of wagons drawn by mules.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

There is no chance of stopping another reco (that is, a mule-train, sirs) now.
Westward Ho!|Charles Kingsley
The mule-train looks oddly enough, and yet through these muddy roads it seems to be a necessity.
Three Years in the Federal Cavalry|Willard Glazier
The mule-train with our tents and baggage passed us in the valley while we were sweltering under the hawthorns.
Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land|Henry Van Dyke
The freight capacity of the mule-train placed a narrow limit upon the profits and extent of trade.
The Last American Frontier|Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson

The enemy was still pressing on, and the mule-train of small ammunition could not be got up under the heavy fire.
The Campaign of Chancellorsville|Theodore A. Dodge