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  • The solitary stranger was mounted upon an able horse, fit for military service, and for the great weight which he had to carry, and his rider occupied his demipique, or war-saddle, with an air that showed it was his familiar seat.

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • ` ` Come, come, Mr. Saddletree, '' said his wife, ` ` we'll hae nae confessions and condescendences here; let them deal in thae sort o 'wares that are paid for them --- they suit the like o' us as all as a demipique saddle would suit a draught ox. ''

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • Then came three small, ambling, stoutish long -- tailed ponies, the biggest not above fourteen hands high; these were the barbs intended for mine host, the skipper, and myself, caparisoned with high demipique old -- fashioned

    Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

  • There was a fine demipique saddle, said to have been that of James II.

    The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801

  • The solitary stranger was mounted upon an able horse, fit for military service, and for the great weight which he had to carry, and his rider occupied his demipique, or war-saddle, with an air that showed it was his familiar seat.

    A Legend of Montrose Walter Scott 1801

  • "Come, come, Mr. Saddletree," said his wife, "we'll hae nae confessions and condescendences here; let them deal in thae sort o 'wares that are paid for them -- they suit the like o' us as all as a demipique saddle would suit a draught ox."

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "Come, come, Mr. Saddletree," said his wife, "we'll hae nae confessions and condescendences here; let them deal in thae sort o 'wares that are paid for them -- they suit the like o' us as all as a demipique saddle would suit a draught ox."

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

  • The trussing, for which the demipique saddle of the day afforded particular facility, is alluded to in the text; and the author, among other nickcnacks of antiquity, possesses a leathern flask, like those carried by sportsmen, which is labelled, “King James’s Hunting

    The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

  • The trussing, for which the demipique saddle of the day afforded particular facility, is alluded to in the text; and the author, among other nickcnacks of antiquity, possesses a leathern flask, like those carried by sportsmen, which is labelled, "King James's Hunting

    The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801

  • -- Astl.I. 150, 2.] [Footnote 227: The saddle-backed hills of old navigators, are to be considered in reference to the old demipique or war-saddle, having high abrupt peaks, or hummocks, at each end, with a flattish hollow between.

    A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784

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