English Explanatory Dictionary

chevauchee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A military raid by cavalry through enemy territory, designed to disrupt rural communities and weaken an opponent.

Word forms

chevauchee chevauchees chevauchée chevauchie chevachie chivachie chivachye chivache chevache

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English chyvachie, from Old French chevauchie, chevauchée, from Medieval Latin caballicāta; the modern form is after modern French chevauchée. Doublet of cavalcade.

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