à cheval

American  

[a shuh-val, ah shuh-val] / a ʃəˈval, ˈɑ ʃəˈvæl /

French.

1. by horse; on horseback.

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à cheval British  

/ a ʃəval /

adverb

1. (of a bet, esp in roulette) made on two adjacent numbers, cards, etc

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Etymology

Origin of à cheval

literally: on horseback

Example Sentences

Le carrosse, où il était, rompit dans la marche; on le remit à cheval.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

Il venoit à nous au grand trot, et il étoit accompagné de trois hommes à cheval qui nous parurent bien armés.”

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various

At the door, in addition to the usual sentry, there were two privates of the chasseurs à cheval, one wearing a commander's star of the Legion of Honor.

From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh

Les deux dames montèrent à cheval en même temps qu'elle; elles étoient belles aussi, et portoient comme elle manteau et chapeau.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard

I had reached the colonnade of the Théâtre Français, when a strong party of gendarmes à cheval went scouring up the street, at a full gallop.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore