Term Gallery logo

Meanings of horse cavalry in English

Portuguese
cavalaria
Catalan
cavalleria
Spanish
caballo

Troops trained to fight on horseback.

cavalaria
Spanish
caballería montada
Catalan
cavalleria muntada

Military combat arm which uses horses for mobility.

Related terms
caballería montada
Synonyms
Examples for "horse"
Examples for "horse"
1
My horse ran really great and we got second place, Rosario said.
Reuters
2
Analysts now predict weeks of political horse-trading to form a new cabinet.
BBC
3
Allowing horse slaughter will benefit horse owners throughout the state, he said.
Reuters
4
Why would a sea god create a land animal like the horse?
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
5
But I've got a good young horse here and a great team.
Reuters
1
McGuire, Hugh H., Jr.; enlisted March 10; transferred to cavalry; captain; killed.
The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson / In Which is T...
2
The rout of the right wing shook the cavalry in the centre.
By England's Aid; or, the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)
3
The remainder of the cavalry waited in the hollow behind the guns.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
4
Attacking cavalry must have favorable ground in front; defending cavalry, in rear.
A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Arti...
5
An officer; I think it was a lieutenant in the Tennessee cavalry.
History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 /...
Usage of horse cavalry in English
1
Nobody had tried to take Anvegad since the days of horse cavalry.
Anvil Gate
2
Roosevelt had one interesting and illuminating experience with the "black horse cavalry."
Theodore Roosevelt and His Times: A Chronicle of the Progressive...
3
He developed as a natural leader of the honest opposition to the "black horse cavalry."
Theodore Roosevelt and His Times: A Chronicle of the Progressive...
4
I saw Ricketts's battery-theFirst Michigan charge;-theBlack- Horse cavalry ride from the woods.
Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
5
They were led by Jeb Stuart at the head of four thousand Black Horse Cavalry.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
6
They all united to fight the Black- Horse Cavalry, as the gang of "strike" legislators was called.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Intimate Biography
7
Stuart at the head of his Black Horse Cavalry, his saber flashing, cut his way through this mob again and again.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
8
This Black Horse Cavalry is the most important force in the practical work of the Democratic and Republican parties in the present campaign.
The Art of Public Speaking
9
But the woods seemed to promise the most secure retreat from the fury of the Black Horse Cavalry, which was now sweeping over the battle-field.
The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army: A Story of the Grea...
Translations for horse cavalry
Portuguese
cavalaria