cheval

M. said, "_À cheval, Madame, je voyage à cheval_."

A Padre in France George A. Birmingham 1907

He was no longer young, -- he had already been once married, -- I looked up at this moment, I do not know by what chance, and my eyes fell on a long glass, what they call a cheval-glass in France, my dear, showing the whole figure.

Rosin the Beau Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

Chivalry (derived through the French cheval from the Latin caballus) as an institution is to be considered from three points of view: the military, the social, and the religious.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Add to #9 which comes from the french word cheval meaning hourse, therefore horseman.

The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed 2010

But the recollection suddenly flashed to her memory that she had often heard of some kind of cheval-glasses, found in wealthy and well-to-do families, and, “May it not be,” (she wondered), “my own self reflected in this glass!”

Hung Lou Meng 2003

But the recollection suddenly flashed to her memory that she had often heard of some kind of cheval-glasses, found in wealthy and well-to-do families, and, "May it not be," (she wondered), "my own self reflected in this glass!"

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

The word chivalry comes from "cheval," a horse, and so if a man was not mounted there was no chance to be chivalrous.

Bill Arp from the uncivil war to date, 1861-1903, 1903

Those armed and mailed warriors fought on horseback, and chivalry takes its name from the French cheval, meaning a horse.

Beacon Lights of History John Lord 1852

Her head of braids is tied back into a thick queue de cheval.

French Word-A-Day: 2009

He says, "Ludmila, pour votre anniversaire, je vais vous tailler un cheval."

LVIV James Robison 2011