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chevauchees

chevauchees is the plural 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

Questions about chevauchees

What is chevauchees the plural of?
Chevauchees is the plural of chevauchee.

Words near chevauchees in the dictionary

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

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