CHEVACHIE, noun An expedition with cavalry. CHEVAL DE FRISE, generally used in the plural, chevaux de frise, pronounced shevo de freez. 1. A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed with iron, five or six feet long; used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or make a retrenchment to stop cavalry. 2. A kind of trimming.
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