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A cheval

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A` che`val´
1.Astride; with a part on each side; - used specif. in designating the position of an army with the wings separated by some line of demarcation, as a river or road.
A position à cheval on a river is not one which a general willingly assumes.
- Swinton.
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Tupman, as the stranger surveyed himself with great complacency in a cheval glass; 'the first that's been made with our club button,' and he called his companions' attention to the large gilt button which displayed a bust of Mr.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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