The Collaborative International Dictionary
Led \Led\ (l[e^]d), imp. & p. p. of Lead.
Led captain. An obsequious follower or attendant. [Obs.]
--Swift.
Led horse, a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along.
Wiktionary
n. A spare horse being led by a servant or attendant; sometimes also, a packhorse.
Usage examples of "led horse".
Perhaps two or three years past twenty, black-avised, with thin, alert features and thick, quirky dark brows.
He did not know what the poncho-wrapped bundle was which flapped against the led horse's flanks as the stirrup leathers swung but when, on his way home, he came in the dark onto the hill where Sordo had fought, he knew at once what the long poncho roll contained.
The led horse dragged two poles behind it, the ends trailing through the grass.
Then she grasped his bridle and led horse and swaying rider after her.
He did not know what the poncho-wrapped bundle was which flapped against the led horse’.
A tall youth, flaxen fair, his head floating past like a blown primrose but high as a three-year spruce, a led horse, loaded, two men with a pole slung on their shoulders, and animal carcases swinging to their stride.
Hugh came for him on the morning appointed, immediately after Prime, with three of his officers in attendance, all well mounted, and a led horse for Cadfael.