à cheval

American  

[a shuh-val, ah shuh-val] / a ʃəˈval, ˈɑ ʃəˈvæl /

French.

1. by horse; on horseback.

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à cheval British  

/ a ʃəval /

adverb

1. (of a bet, esp in roulette) made on two adjacent numbers, cards, etc

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Etymology

Origin of à cheval

literally: on horseback

Example Sentences

I had reached the colonnade of the Théâtre Français, when a strong party of gendarmes à cheval went scouring up the street, at a full gallop.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore

The latter she distributed à cheval, with one en plein on the number eighteen.

From The Count's Chauffeur by Le Queux, William

Il étoit à cheval, avec son même chapeau et sa robe cramoisie, accompagné de six personnes à pied; je l'entendis même parler à ses gens, et il me parut avoir la parole lourde.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard

The Imperial équipage de chasse is composed of ten piqueurs, valets de chien, valets à pieds, valets à cheval, and valets de limiers, and one hundred English hounds.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

She had a partner worthy of her in the shape of a sedate young Russian, resplendent in the white-and-gold uniform of the imperial Gardes à cheval.

From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary