chevauchee

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)

1. (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.