"cheval" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɛˈvɑl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-cheval.wav Forms: chevaux [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑl Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Old French cheval Middle French cheval French chevalbor. English cheval Borrowed from French cheval. See cavalcade. Doublet of caple. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|fr:cheval|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Old French cheval Middle French cheval French chevalbor. English cheval, {{bor|en|fr|cheval}} French cheval, {{doublet|en|caple}} Doublet of caple Head templates: {{en-noun|chevaux}} cheval (plural chevaux)
  1. (obsolete, in compounds) A support or frame. Tags: in-compounds, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cheval-en-noun-U43WPBpr Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  2. Ellipsis of cheval glass. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: cheval glass
    Sense id: en-cheval-en-noun-4coE1MRL Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 62 3 3 28 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 63 2 2 28 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 66 1 1 29 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cheval glass, cheval mirror

Inflected forms

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