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chevauchée

chevauchée is the alternative form of chevauchee.

Meaning of chevauchee

Noun

chevauchee (plural chevauchees)

  1. (historical) A military raid by cavalry through enemy territory, designed to disrupt rural communities and weaken an opponent.
    • Montrose led his army in an extended chevauchee through the heart of the Campbell country.2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, page 60

Forms of chevauchée

pluralchevauchées

Questions about chevauchée

What is chevauchée the alternative form of?
Chevauchée is the alternative form of chevauchee.

Words near chevauchée in the dictionary

  1. Chevapravatdumrong
  2. chevauchee
  3. chevauchees
  4. chevauchie
  5. chevauchies
  6. chevauchée
  7. chevauchées
  8. chevaux
  9. chevaux de frise
  10. chevda
  11. cheve

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