#initial-load-header-loader { visibility: hidden!important; } #initial-load-content { visibility: visible!important; } .expandable .expandable-control { display: none!important; } .expandable .expandable-content { display: block!important; visibility: visible!important; max-height: none!important; height: auto!important; }

mule train

|

noun

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

Origin of mule train

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for mule train

Historical Examples of mule train

I soon secured transportation with a mule-train for Deadwood.
Thirty Years on the Frontier
Robert McReynolds
There is no chance of stopping another reco (that is, a mule-train, sirs) now.
Westward Ho!
Charles Kingsley
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