à cheval
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of à cheval
literally: on horseback
Example Sentences
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If his wife rides out, he attends her à cheval.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
Toutes étoient à cheval, jambe de-ça, jambe de là, comme des hommes, et plusieurs avoient de superbes selles.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
Deux cavaliers bien montés; L'un à cheval, et l'autre à pied.
From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox
"Ah was been lee'l garçon—lee'l bébé, no père; ma mère was been—how you say?—gypsee à cheval, hein?" he appealed to McCann.
From Flamsted quarries by Nelson, G. Patrick
"And then," says Champlain, "Nous parlerons à cheval!"
From Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico In the Years 1599-1602 by Champlain, Samuel de
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