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chevauchee

chevauchee noun: a military raid by cavalry through enemy territory, designed to disrupt rural communities and weaken an opponent.

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 chevauchee

pluralchevauchees
alternative formchevauchée
alternative formchevauchie
alternative formchevachie
alternative formchivachie
alternative formchivachye
alternative formchivache
alternative formchevache

Origin of chevauchee

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.

Questions about chevauchee

What does chevauchee mean?
Chevauchee means a military raid by cavalry through enemy territory, designed to disrupt rural communities and weaken an opponent.
What part of speech is chevauchee?
Chevauchee is a noun.
What is the plural of chevauchee?
The plural of chevauchee is chevauchees.

Words near chevauchee in the dictionary

  1. chevalier d'industrie
  2. chevaliers
  3. chevaliers d'industrie
  4. chevaline
  5. Chevapravatdumrong
  6. chevauchee
  7. chevauchees
  8. chevauchie
  9. chevauchies
  10. chevauchée
  11. chevauchées

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