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Caltrap :: Caltrap (n.) An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet..

Chivachie :: Chivachie (n.) A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition..

Callot :: Callot (n.) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets..

Spahee :: Spahee (n.) Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry..

Cossack :: Cossack (n.) One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions..

Horse :: Horse (n.) Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot..

Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) 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..

Square :: Square (n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron..

Trooper :: Trooper (n.) A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman..

Chasseur :: Chasseur (n.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements..

Reiter :: Reiter (n.) A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Cavalryman :: Cavalryman (n.) One of a body of cavalry.

Horseman :: Horseman (n.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.

Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares..

Cavalry :: Cavalry (n.) That part of military force which serves on horseback.

Hussar :: Hussar (n.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies..

Brigade :: Brigade (n.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge..

Drum :: Drum (n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band..

Orb :: Orb (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry..

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