Defn: See Chiefage. [Obs.]
CHEVAL
Che*val", n.; pl. Chevaux. Etym: [F. See Cavalcade.]
Defn: A horse; hence, a support or frame. Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large enough to reflect the full leght figure.
CHEVAL-DE-FRISE
Che*val"-de-frise", n.; commonly used in the pl. Chevaux-de-frise.
Etym: [F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland, where it was first used.]
(Mil.)
Defn: 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. Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. W. Irving.
CHEVALIER
Che`va*lier", n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller.]
1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.
2. A member of certain orders of knighthood. Chevalier d'industrie (
Etym: [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.
CHEVAUX
Che*vaux", n. pl.
Defn: See Cheval.