Cavalry

Cavalry: Once upon a time, soldiers who fought on horseback.  These days, soldiers who fight from armored vehicles. Cavalry made its way into the English language from French.  The French word cavalerie likely came from Italian cavalleria.  Naturally, cavalleria...

A cheval

A cheval: by horse; on horseback. In mountaineering, à cheval is a climbing method.  The climber straddles the ridge, placing hands on the crest of the ridge.  From the French phrase à cheval (on horseback).  The French phrase derives from the Latin caballus (horse,...