chevauchee

== English == === Alternative forms === chevauchée chevauchie chevachie (archaic: rare after 1940) chivachie, chivachye, chivache, chevache (archaic: rare after 1900) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English chyvachie, from Old French chevauchie, chevauchée, from Medieval Latin caballicāta; the modern form is after modern French chevauchée. Doublet of cavalcade. === Noun === chevauchee (plural chevauchees) (historical) A military raid by cavalry through enemy territory, designed to disrupt rural communities and weaken an opponent.