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cav

cav is the clipping of cavalry.

Meaning of cavalry

Noun

cavalry (countable and uncountable, plural cavalries)

  1. (historical, uncountable, usually) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
    • Two hundred heavily-armed cavalry rode behind the Audley standard, while close at their heels came the Duke of Lancaster with a glittering train, heralds tabarded with the royal arms riding three deep upon cream-colored chargers in front of him.1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter XXXIII, in The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC
  2. (countable) An individual unit of this arm of service.
  3. (countable) The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
  4. (figuratively) A source of rescue, especially in an emergency.
    • call in the cavalry

Forms of cav

pluralcavs

Words formed from cav

Phrases with cav

Questions about cav

What is cav the clipping of?
Cav is the clipping of cavalry.

Words near cav in the dictionary

  1. cauzee
  2. cauzees
  3. cauzies
  4. cauzy
  5. Caué
  6. cav
  7. Cav and Pag
  8. cav.
  9. cava
  10. Cavachon
  11. Cavachons

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