à cheval
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of à cheval
literally: on horseback
Example Sentences
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What an effect has been missed by not bringing them in on real horses, and giving them a quartette or a sestette à cheval, with a solo for the Captain!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 by Various
The Corso forms the evening drive and promenade à cheval of the beau monde.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
The latter she distributed à cheval, with one en plein on the number eighteen.
From The Count's Chauffeur by William Le Queux
It was caused by a movement of the Gendarmerie à cheval, who were clearing the way for the approaching procession.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
She had a partner worthy of her in the shape of a sedate young Russian, resplendent in the white-and-gold uniform of the imperial Gardes à cheval.
From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Mary Cholmondeley
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