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cheval 81 chevalier
cheval, plier un , to break a horse;
porter un d'un talon sur I'autre, to passage
a horse;
his mettle;
pousser un , to push a horse, try
promener un to lead a horse , up and down,
to walk him up and down;
promener un par le droit, to make a horse
advance on a straight line;
to throw a horse
rabaisser Us handles d'un ,
on his haunches;
rassembler un to , gather a horse;
recevoir des aux en pension, to keep a livery
rechercher un , to animate a horse, to stir him
up, excite him;
to break a horse;
to make a horse;
reduire un ,
refaire un ,
reformer un to cast a , horse;
relay er de aux, to change horses;
remettre un d sec, to take a horse from grass
and put him on dry food again;
retenir un , to curb, restrain a horse;
retirer un du vert, to take a horse from
romprel'eau b, un , to stop, check, a horse
in drinking;
rompre un , to break a horse;
sauter & to vault into the , saddle;
serrer un , to keep a horse together, well
in hand;
sonnet b,
soutenir un
to sound "to , horse;"
, to keep a horse up, keep him at
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cheval qui laboure la terre, digger;
q'M marque, horse that still has the mark;
qui ne marque plus, horse that has lost the
mark;
qui se monte en dame, horse broken to a
side-saddle;
qui part bien de la main, horse that starts as
soon as he feels the hand slacken;
q:ti porte sa tete en beau lieu, horse that
carries his head well;
qui se ramene bien, horse that carries his
head well;
qv.i rase, horse that is losing mark of
mouth;
qui rase le tapis, horse that goes too near
the ground;
qui renifle sur I'avoine, horse" that is ofi
his feed;
qui tdte le pave, tender-footed horse;
qui tire h, la main, horse that bores, that
pulls hard, heavy in hand ;
qui tire au renard, horse that pulls or hangs
on his stable halter;
qui trousse, horse that raises his fore legs
too much;
qui va large, horse that goes wide.
IV. Technical expressions, not hippological:
(e.g., increase of gait);
surmener un , to override, to founder, a
horse;
tenir Uenh, to have a , good seat;
tenir un en main, to keep a horse in hand,
hold him by the head;
unir un , to give a horse regularity of
motion;
vider un , to rake a horse.
III. Cheval qualified by a relative clause:
qui a de Vaction, stepper;
qui a beaucoup d''action, high stepper;
qui a bonne bouche, horse that will eat anything;
qui a de I'ecole, trained horse;
qui a lesjambesfoulees, foundered horse;
qui a les jambes seches, clean - to,
, (gym., etc.) astraddle, on both sides of;
& sur, (une
limbed
riviere, etc.) (mil., etc.) on both
sides (of a river, road, etc.);
de bois, wooden horse (gymnasium);
de I'adjudant, (mil. slang) camp-bed of
a cell;
electrique, (elec.) electric horsepower (746
watts);
ferd, , (fort.) horseshoe;
deforce, force de , horsepower;
defrise, (fort., etc.) cheval-de-frise;
heure, horsepower per hour;
nominal, nominal horsepower;
petit , donkey-engine;
de vapeur, horsepower;
vapeur, horsepower; donkey-engine;
vapeur effectif, (indique, nominal) effective
(indicated, nominal) horsepower:
de voltige, vaulting horse (of a gymnasium).
chevalement, m., prop, stay, shore.
chevaler, v. a. n. to ; prop up, shore up; (man.)
to passage (v. appuyer).
chevalct, m., frame; trestle; rack; horse; stand;
(siege) fascine-horse, (mil.) arm-rack; (pont.)
trestle of a bridge; (mach.) bit of a borer, (art.)
rocket-stand;
d'armements, (mil.) equipment rack;
d'armes, (mil.) arm-rack (in camp, etc.);
beige, (pont.) Belgian trestle (cap on
pods);tri-
bigue, (pont.) sheer-trestle, two-legged
trestle; spar trestle;
Birago, (pont.) ordinary ponton - bridge
trestle;
de bombardement, (siege) siege - rocket
qui a les Janets bien vides, clean-hocked
-
horse;
qui n'a ni bouche n ieperon, horse that obeys
neither bit nor spur;
qui a tout mis, horse that has all bis
teeth, full-grown horse (at least 5 years
old);
qui a un effort, strained, foundered horse;
qui s'arme, qui s'arme de son mors,
horse that gets the bit in his teeth, that bends
down his head so that bridle-cheeks rest on
his chest;
'qui s'atteint, horse that overreaches;
qui s'attrape, horse that overreaches;
qui bat du flanc, horse that wheezes;
qui se berce, horse that rocks in trotting;
qui billarde, horse that paddles;
qui boit dans son olanc, white-lipped
horse;
qui commence h marquer, young horse that
begins to show his age by bis teeth;
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qui se coupe, horse that cuts himself (leg in
air cuts leg bearing on the ground);
qui se derobe de dessous I'homme, horse that
slips from under his rider;
qui fait magasin, horse that keeps part of
his food between his teeth and cheeks;
qui fait quartier neuf, horse that is quarter
cast;
qui fauche, horse that paddles (not so much
as qui billarde);
qui forge, horse that forges;
qui galopefaux, horse that gallops false;
qui harpe, horse that bends at the hocks,
on starting, backing, turning corners, etc.;
qui s' immobilise, balky horse;
quijette sa stand;
chapeau de , (pont.) trestle cap;
& chapeau mobile, (pont.) trestle with
gourme, glandered horse;
adjustable cap;
de corps de garde, (Fr. a.) saw-horse (part of
furniture of a guardhouse);
defusees, (art.) rocket stand or frame;
de lancement, (siege) launching trestle of a
flying bridge;
de natation, swimming-stand or trestle
(gymnasium);
palee, (pont.) two-legged trestle and cap,
driven down like piling;
& deux, quatre, etc., pieds, (pont.) two-, fourlegged
trestle, etc.;
de pointage, (sm. a.) aiming-stand, aimingdrill
rest;
rapide, (pont.) trestle that may be set up in
15 to 20 minutes;
support, (pont.) trestle set up in a ponton
boat;
trepied, any three-legged trestle; rocket
stand.
chevalier, m., knight (of an order); (Fr.) lowest
grade of the Legion of Honor;