cavalryn.

/ˈkavəlri/

Forms: 1500s–1600s cavallerie, cavallarie, 1600s cavallery, cavalary, chavallery, cavellerie, cavelrie, 1600s– cavalry.

Etymology: In 16–17th cent. cavallery , < French cavallerie (16th cent. in Littré), < Italian cavalleria (= Provençal cavalaria Spanish caballeria ) < Romanic type caballaˈria , < Latin caballārius horseman. See -ery suffix. (The native French form of the word was chevalerie , whence English chivalry .) Massinger (1632) accented caˈvallery , but other spellings appear to indicate ˈcavallery , whence also ˈcavalry in the middle of the 17th cent. (See also chavallery n., chivalry n.)

†1. Horsemanship; chivalry. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding

equitation1562

horsemanship1566

cavalry1591

cavallerice1607

manège1814

school riding1859

equestrianism1872

equestrianizing1886

monkey drill1906

1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso 266 (note) The likest to him for armes and cauallarie (as we terme it).

1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 35 (heading) The Cavallarie; or the Formes..of Trayning of Horse.

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 7 All the art of cavalry.

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 432 They tilt, and vse other sports of Caualry.

†2. Knighthood; an order of chivalry. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood

knighthooda1300

knightheadc1325

chivalry1483

cavalry1601

knightship1620

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 460 Cicero..re-established the Knighthood and Cauallerie of Rome in their former estate and place.

1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent v. 390 To institute a Religion of an hundred persons, like vnto a Caualarie.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Fffffff/1 To keep off the Cavelrie, and Gentry.

a1652 R. Brome Court Begger ii. i. sig. O8, in Five New Playes (1653) All The cavalry of Court.

a. The collective term for horse-soldiers; that part of a military force which consists of mounted troops. Opposed to infantry.Usually construed with plural verb, exc. a cavalry, which has plural cavalries.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > cavalry

horse1548

chivalry1562

cavalry1591

chavallery1619

troop-horse1640

1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 225 The companies of the couragious Cavallerie.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 141 The Cauallerie is precisely very necessary for many peeces of seruice.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1245 The cavallery of the Thebanes.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 74 You may haue a good Cauallerie, but neuer good stable Bands of Foot.

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour ii. iii. sig. E2^v I in mine owne person, With part of the cavallery.

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 3 Two troops of cavalry.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 355 The Cavallery belonging to the United States.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 128 They sent away their Cavalry with so much hast.

1834 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) III. 127 A struggle between the opposing cavalries, which shall keep itself in condition for action longest.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 592 The cavalry were about a thousand in number.

b. transferred. Horses, horsemen, etc., collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > collectively

ridings1340

cavalrya1695

horse-lede-

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > collectively

stud?1316

horseflesha1400

cattlea1680

cavalrya1695

stringa1809

a1695 T. Dineley Acct. Progr. Duke of Beaufort (1864) 17 Leading horses to supply accidents and defects of the Coach Cavalry.

1787 A. Young Jrnl. 28 May in Trav. France (1792) i. 11 A traveller so weak in cavalry as myself.

1870 B. Disraeli Lothair Troops of social cavalry cantered..in morning rides.

1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 550 Donkeys..the ordinary Cavalry of Country Maids.

c. (See quot.)

1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 347 A variation of Draughts entitled Constitutional Checkers.

1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 348 The pieces with the turrets to be considered as Cavalry, and the flat pieces as Infantry.

1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 348 A king may not be taken backwards by Cavalry or Infantry unless they have been to king.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

cavalry charge n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > charge > [noun] > on horseback

career1591

hippomachia1623

horse-charge1650

cavalry charge1872

shock-action1884

1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 153 A daring cavalry charge.

cavalry day n.

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 144 On cavalry days, when guests are invited to dine with the regiment.

cavalry jacket n.

1861 Times 22 Oct. A blue cavalry jacket.

cavalry man n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier

horsemanc1275

chevalier1377

roiter1579

prancer1593

cavalier1596

trooper1640

cavalry soldier1852

plunger1854

cavalry man1860

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxix. 61 Cavalry-men on both sides.

cavalry officer n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > specific rank of cavalry officer

cornet1579

Rittmaster1587

exempt1670

rough-rider1740

veld-cornet1802

Rittmeister1827

cavalry officer1838

troop sergeant1853

1838 Annual Scrap-Book 19 The amount of a tailor's bill, on fitting out his son as a cavalry officer.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. vi. 63 This distinguished cavalry officer swore very freely.

1855 E. B. Hamley Story Campaign Sebastopol vii. 49 The wardrobe of some luckless cavalry officer.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 5 Oct. 1/3 I bought him on the advice of two cavalry-officer friends who knew him.

cavalry soldier n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier

horsemanc1275

chevalier1377

roiter1579

prancer1593

cavalier1596

trooper1640

cavalry soldier1852

plunger1854

cavalry man1860

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxvi. 77 A cavalry-soldier..was reckoned as equivalent to four hoplites.

cavalry evolution n.

1799 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (ed. 3) 350 The principles of all cavalry evolutions.

C2.

cavalry curate n. a curate who rode on horseback to perform his duties in an extensive and scattered parish.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > curate > [noun] > on horseback

cavalry curate1894

1894 G. H. Hamilton Charge 8 Mission Chapels—where the ‘Cavalry Curates’ ought to reside.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 1/3 The immense extent of many parishes, into some of which ‘Cavalry curates’ have been introduced with advantage.

cavalry twill n. (see quot. 1957).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > twilled > specific

Venetian1710

Venetian clothc1790

gambroon1858

diagonal1861

zanella1876

cavalry twill1942

1942 J. Hoye Staple Cotton Fabrics 146 The name cavalry twill is used..for a steep double-twill-line whipcord made with colored yarns on 9 harnesses and in a tricotine weave.

1944 G. S. Brady Materials Handbk. (ed. 5) 188 Cavalry twill is not a cotton cloth, but is of worsted or rayon twill woven with a diagonal raised cord.

1953 S. D. Barney Clothes & Horse ix. 63 Cavalry Twill..was first made..during the early part of the First World War in khaki for Cavalry Regiments, hence the name.

1957 Textile Terms & Defs. (ed. 3) 24 Cavalry twill, a firm warp-faced cloth in which the weave gives steep double twill lines separated by pronounced grooves formed by the weft.

1959 J. Braine Vodi iv. 57 A cream silk shirt, fawn cavalry twill slacks and light brown suède shoes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cavalry
释义	cavalryn. /ˈkavəlri/ Forms: 1500s–1600s cavallerie, cavallarie, 1600s cavallery, cavalary, chavallery, cavellerie, cavelrie, 1600s– cavalry. Etymology: In 16–17th cent. cavallery , < French cavallerie (16th cent. in Littré), < Italian cavalleria (= Provençal cavalaria Spanish caballeria ) < Romanic type caballaˈria , < Latin caballārius horseman. See -ery suffix. (The native French form of the word was chevalerie , whence English chivalry .) Massinger (1632) accented caˈvallery , but other spellings appear to indicate ˈcavallery , whence also ˈcavalry in the middle of the 17th cent. (See also chavallery n., chivalry n.) †1. Horsemanship; chivalry. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding equitation1562 horsemanship1566 cavalry1591 cavallerice1607 manège1814 school riding1859 equestrianism1872 equestrianizing1886 monkey drill1906 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso 266 (note) The likest to him for armes and cauallarie (as we terme it). 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 35 (heading) The Cavallarie; or the Formes..of Trayning of Horse. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 7 All the art of cavalry. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 432 They tilt, and vse other sports of Caualry. †2. Knighthood; an order of chivalry. Obsolete. ΘΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood knighthooda1300 knightheadc1325 chivalry1483 cavalry1601 knightship1620 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 460 Cicero..re-established the Knighthood and Cauallerie of Rome in their former estate and place. 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent v. 390 To institute a Religion of an hundred persons, like vnto a Caualarie. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Fffffff/1 To keep off the Cavelrie, and Gentry. a1652 R. Brome Court Begger ii. i. sig. O8, in Five New Playes (1653) All The cavalry of Court. 3. a. The collective term for horse-soldiers; that part of a military force which consists of mounted troops. Opposed to infantry.Usually construed with plural verb, exc. a cavalry, which has plural cavalries. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > cavalry horse1548 chivalry1562 cavalry1591 chavallery1619 troop-horse1640 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 225 The companies of the couragious Cavallerie. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 141 The Cauallerie is precisely very necessary for many peeces of seruice. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1245 The cavallery of the Thebanes. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 74 You may haue a good Cauallerie, but neuer good stable Bands of Foot. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour ii. iii. sig. E2^v I in mine owne person, With part of the cavallery. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 3 Two troops of cavalry. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 355 The Cavallery belonging to the United States. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 128 They sent away their Cavalry with so much hast. 1834 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) III. 127 A struggle between the opposing cavalries, which shall keep itself in condition for action longest. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 592 The cavalry were about a thousand in number. b. transferred. Horses, horsemen, etc., collectively. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > collectively ridings1340 cavalrya1695 horse-lede- the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > collectively stud?1316 horseflesha1400 cattlea1680 cavalrya1695 stringa1809 a1695 T. Dineley Acct. Progr. Duke of Beaufort (1864) 17 Leading horses to supply accidents and defects of the Coach Cavalry. 1787 A. Young Jrnl. 28 May in Trav. France (1792) i. 11 A traveller so weak in cavalry as myself. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair Troops of social cavalry cantered..in morning rides. 1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 550 Donkeys..the ordinary Cavalry of Country Maids. c. (See quot.) Π 1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 347 A variation of Draughts entitled Constitutional Checkers. 1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 348 The pieces with the turrets to be considered as Cavalry, and the flat pieces as Infantry. 1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 348 A king may not be taken backwards by Cavalry or Infantry unless they have been to king. Compounds C1. General attributive. cavalry charge n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > charge > [noun] > on horseback career1591 hippomachia1623 horse-charge1650 cavalry charge1872 shock-action1884 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 153 A daring cavalry charge. cavalry day n. Π 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 144 On cavalry days, when guests are invited to dine with the regiment. cavalry jacket n. Π 1861 Times 22 Oct. A blue cavalry jacket. cavalry man n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier horsemanc1275 chevalier1377 roiter1579 prancer1593 cavalier1596 trooper1640 cavalry soldier1852 plunger1854 cavalry man1860 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxix. 61 Cavalry-men on both sides. cavalry officer n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > specific rank of cavalry officer cornet1579 Rittmaster1587 exempt1670 rough-rider1740 veld-cornet1802 Rittmeister1827 cavalry officer1838 troop sergeant1853 1838 Annual Scrap-Book 19 The amount of a tailor's bill, on fitting out his son as a cavalry officer. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. vi. 63 This distinguished cavalry officer swore very freely. 1855 E. B. Hamley Story Campaign Sebastopol vii. 49 The wardrobe of some luckless cavalry officer. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 5 Oct. 1/3 I bought him on the advice of two cavalry-officer friends who knew him. cavalry soldier n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier horsemanc1275 chevalier1377 roiter1579 prancer1593 cavalier1596 trooper1640 cavalry soldier1852 plunger1854 cavalry man1860 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxvi. 77 A cavalry-soldier..was reckoned as equivalent to four hoplites. cavalry evolution n. Π 1799 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (ed. 3) 350 The principles of all cavalry evolutions. C2. cavalry curate n. a curate who rode on horseback to perform his duties in an extensive and scattered parish. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > curate > [noun] > on horseback cavalry curate1894 1894 G. H. Hamilton Charge 8 Mission Chapels—where the ‘Cavalry Curates’ ought to reside. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 1/3 The immense extent of many parishes, into some of which ‘Cavalry curates’ have been introduced with advantage. cavalry twill n. (see quot. 1957). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > twilled > specific Venetian1710 Venetian clothc1790 gambroon1858 diagonal1861 zanella1876 cavalry twill1942 1942 J. Hoye Staple Cotton Fabrics 146 The name cavalry twill is used..for a steep double-twill-line whipcord made with colored yarns on 9 harnesses and in a tricotine weave. 1944 G. S. Brady Materials Handbk. (ed. 5) 188 Cavalry twill is not a cotton cloth, but is of worsted or rayon twill woven with a diagonal raised cord. 1953 S. D. Barney Clothes & Horse ix. 63 Cavalry Twill..was first made..during the early part of the First World War in khaki for Cavalry Regiments, hence the name. 1957 Textile Terms & Defs. (ed. 3) 24 Cavalry twill, a firm warp-faced cloth in which the weave gives steep double twill lines separated by pronounced grooves formed by the weft. 1959 J. Braine Vodi iv. 57 A cream silk shirt, fawn cavalry twill slacks and light brown suède shoes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1591
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