à cheval
[ ashuh-val; English ahshuh-val ]
French.
by horse; on horseback.
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How to use à cheval in a sentence
He was a noble animal, utterly without fear; broken by chasseurs-a-cheval to gun fire.
The Greater Love | George T. McCarthy
British Dictionary definitions for à cheval
à cheval
/ French (a ʃəval) /
adverb
(of a bet, esp in roulette) made on two adjacent numbers, cards, etc
Origin of à cheval
1literally: on horseback
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