chevauchee
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See also: chevauchée
English
Alternative forms
- chevauchée
- chevauchie
- chevachie (archaic: rare after 1940)
- chivachie, chivachye, chivache, chevache (archaic: rare after 1900)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English chyvachie, from Old French chevauchie, chevauchée, from Medieval Latin caballicāta; the modern form is after modern French chevauchée. Doublet of cavalcade.
Noun
chevauchee (plural chevauchees)
- (historical) A military raid by cavalry through enemy territory, designed to disrupt rural communities and weaken an opponent.
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, page 60:
- Montrose led his army in an extended chevauchee through the heart of the Campbell country.