chevaleresque, adj., chivalrous, knightly.
chevalerie, n.f., knighthood, chivalry. — errante; knight-errantry.
chevalet, n.m., wooden horse (instrument of torture); bridge (of a stringed instrument); easel; the gallows of a printing-press; horse for scraping hides on; sawing-trestle or horse; buttress, prop, shore; clothes-horse; cross-beam (of a dormer window); pyrotechnist’s horse or rack; (nav.) roller (to pass the cables from one place to another). Tableau de —; (paint.) easel-piece.
chevalier, n.m., knight; cavalier; knight (at chess); (orni.) sandpiper. Armer quelqu’un —; to dub any one a knight. — d’honneur; the first gentleman-usher to the queen. Le — du guet; formerly the captain of the night watch at Paris. — de l’arquebuse; one of the artillery-company. — errant; knight-errant. — d’industrie; one that lives by his wits, sharper, swindler. — de la coupe; tavern-knight. Se faire le — de quelqu’un; to stand up for any one. — de Saint-Louis; knight of St. Louis. — de la légion d’honneur; knight of the legion of honor. — rouge; (orni.) red-shank.
chevalière, n.f., knight’s lady; signet-ring.
chevaline, adj., equine, of horses.
chevalis, n.m., passage, canal (cut in the bed of a river).
☉chevance, n.f., goods and chattels, substance.
chevane, n.f., (pisc.) chub, cheven.
chevauchage, n.m., (print.) riding.