à cheval
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of à cheval
literally: on horseback
Example Sentences
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"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
A pied, eu voiture, en auto, en chemin de fer, en bateau, à bicyclette, à cheval, en aéroplane.
From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training by United States War Department
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
Presently, a party of fifteen or twenty gendarmes à cheval came up, and wheeled into line.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
The Corso forms the evening drive and promenade à cheval of the beau monde.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E
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