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Cheval
(gcide) | Cheval \Che*val"\, n.; pl. Chevaux. [F. See Cavalcade.]
A horse; hence, a support or frame.
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Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large
enough to reflect the full length figure.
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cheval glass
(encz) | cheval glass, n: |
cheval-de-frise
(encz) | cheval-de-frise, n: |
chevalier
(encz) | chevalier,kavalír n: Zdeněk Brož |
A cheval
(gcide) | A cheval \A` che*val"\ [F., lit., on horseback.]
Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. in
designating the position of an army with the wings separated
by some line of demarcation, as a river or road.
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A position [`a] cheval on a river is not one which a
general willingly assumes. --Swinton.
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Cheval glass
(gcide) | Cheval \Che*val"\, n.; pl. Chevaux. [F. See Cavalcade.]
A horse; hence, a support or frame.
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Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large
enough to reflect the full length figure.
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Cheval-de-frise
(gcide) | Cheval-de-frise \Che*val"-de-frise"\, n.; commonly used in the
pl. Chevaux-de-frise. [F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland,
where it was first used.] (Mil.)
A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with
iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to
defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of
cavalry, etc.
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Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. --W.
Irving.
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Chevalier
(gcide) | Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See
Cavaller.]
1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount,
chevaliers; to arms." --Shak.
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2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
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Chevalier d'industrie[F.], one who lives by persevering
fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward
Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender."
The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the
Chevalier St. George.
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Chevalier d'industrie
(gcide) | Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See
Cavaller.]
1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount,
chevaliers; to arms." --Shak.
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2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
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Chevalier d'industrie[F.], one who lives by persevering
fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward
Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender."
The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the
Chevalier St. George.
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The Chevalier St George
(gcide) | Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See
Cavaller.]
1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount,
chevaliers; to arms." --Shak.
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2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
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Chevalier d'industrie[F.], one who lives by persevering
fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward
Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender."
The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the
Chevalier St. George.
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The Young Chevalier
(gcide) | Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See
Cavaller.]
1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount,
chevaliers; to arms." --Shak.
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2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
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Chevalier d'industrie[F.], one who lives by persevering
fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward
Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender."
The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the
Chevalier St. George.
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cheval glass
(wn) | cheval glass
n 1: a full length mirror mounted in a frame in which it can be
tilted |
cheval-de-frise
(wn) | cheval-de-frise
n 1: defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle
composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden
frame; used to obstruct cavalry [syn: cheval-de-frise,
chevaux-de-frise] |
chevalier
(wn) | Chevalier
n 1: French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) [syn:
Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier]
2: a gallant or courtly gentleman [syn: cavalier, chevalier] |
chevalier de bayard
(wn) | Chevalier de Bayard
n 1: French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous
(1473-1524) [syn: Bayard, Seigneur de Bayard,
Chevalier de Bayard, Pierre Terrail, {Pierre de
Terrail}] |
chevalier de lamarck
(wn) | Chevalier de Lamarck
n 1: French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from
the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
[syn: Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, {Chevalier de
Lamarck}] |
maurice chevalier
(wn) | Maurice Chevalier
n 1: French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) [syn:
Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier] |
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