sump (sump)

[ see swampl.] 1. A puddle or pool of dirty cloth spread over the saddle. lems of solar research. The sun's visible surface is called the photosphere, and is made up of minute irregularly Men do now esteeme to paint their armes in their houses, to graue them in our seales, to place them in their portals, & to weaue them in their sumpter clothes, but none aduentureth to winne them in the field. Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 69.