Cheval
[ʃә'væl]
Definition
(n.) A horse; hence, a support or frame.
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Examples
- Why, the other day you wrote to ask a lady of rank if you might visit her, _à cheval? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- If I ask for any, it will be 'Le Cheval Dompté,' said Moore, trimming with his penknife the pencil Miss Keeldar had worn to a stump. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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