à cheval
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of à cheval
literally: on horseback
Example Sentences
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"L'un à cheval et l'autre à pied—" came the response; and then the chorus: "Lon, lon laridon daine— Lon, lon laridon dai!"
From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson
Dès l'aube du lundi 6 mai 1527, le connétable, à cheval, la cuirasse couverte d'un manteau blanc, marcha vers le Borgo, dont les murailles, à la hauteur de San-Spirito, étaient d'accès facile....
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
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
When to these are added the gendarmes à pied and à cheval, who are constantly in motion, one sees that the risk of breaking the laws is attended with more hazard here than with us.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
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
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