à cheval

[ ashuh-val; English ahshuh-val ]

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

Origin of à cheval

1
literally: on horseback

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