chevauchant, -e, adj., (bot.) equitant.

chevauchée, n.f., circuit, progress; riding.

chevauchement (-vôsh-mān), n.m., (of bones) overlapping.

chevaucher, v.n., to ride, to be astride; (nav.) to ride, to cross; (carp.) to overlap; (print. and surg.) to ride.

chevaucher, v.a. — le vent; to beat up against the wind.

chevaucheur, n.m., rider, horseman.

à chevauchons, adv., astraddle.

chevau-léger, n.m., light-horseman. —-—s; light cavalry.

chevêche, n.f., white owl, owlet, church owl.

chevecier, n.m., dean (of certain chapters).