How do you use Cavalry in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like horse or soldiery, plus the exact meaning.
Cavalry meaning
- The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
- An individual unit of this arm of service.
- The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
Using Cavalry
- The main meaning on this page is: The military arm of service that fights while riding horses. | An individual unit of this arm of service. | The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
- Useful related words include: horse cavalry, horse, military personnel, soldiery.
- In the example corpus, cavalry often appears in combinations such as: the cavalry, cavalry and, heavy cavalry.
Context around Cavalry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cavalry
- In this selection, "cavalry" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heavy, french, light, division, led and remained stand out and add context to how "cavalry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 13th independent cavalry brigade a and and his cavalry returned from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cavalry" sits close to words such as contender, inherent and whistle, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cavalry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cavalry During this time the spear was also used by cavalry. (11 words)
Both the US regular cavalry and the volunteer cavalry used smokeless ammunition. (12 words)
As a result, the Capuan cavalry was reinforced with half of the available Numidian cavalry of 2,000. (18 words)
Cambridge History of Egypt, Vol. 1, pg. 155. The army units were generally separated along ethnic lines, thus the Berbers were usually the light cavalry and foot skirmishers, while the Turks were the horse archers or heavy cavalry (known as Mamluks). (41 words)
The Netherlands Cavalry Division, Wellington's last cavalry reserve behind the centre having lost half their strength was now useless and the French cavalry, despite its losses, were masters of the field compelling the allied infantry to remain in square. (40 words)
Lee's orders gave Stuart much latitude, and both generals share the blame for the long absence of Stuart's cavalry, as well as for the failure to assign a more active role to the cavalry left with the army. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Hannibal's Iberian and Gallic heavy cavalry, led by Hanno on the left, defeated the Roman heavy cavalry, and then both the Carthaginian heavy cavalry and the Numidians attacked the legions from behind.
Oakeshott (1980), p.56 Cavalry At the start of the Renaissance, cavalry remained predominantly lance-armed; gendarmes with the heavy knightly lance and lighter cavalry with a variety of lighter lances.
The Netherlands Cavalry Division, Wellington's last cavalry reserve behind the centre having lost half their strength was now useless and the French cavalry, despite its losses, were masters of the field compelling the allied infantry to remain in square.
Several units were stationed there at the time, including Lemon’s — Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division.
The Army also had the 9th Cavalry Division and the 13th Independent Cavalry Brigade, a Special Task Brigade, and the Hebei Peace Preservation Corps under its command.
As a result, the Capuan cavalry was reinforced with half of the available Numidian cavalry of 2,000.
A set may consist of the three different army units (soldier, cavalry, artillery) or be three of a kind (e.g. all three cards have cavalry pictures).
Both the US regular cavalry and the volunteer cavalry used smokeless ammunition.
Bristoe Campaign Lee reorganized his cavalry on September 9, creating a Cavalry Corps for Stuart with two divisions of three brigades each.
Cambridge History of Egypt, Vol. 1, pg. 155. The army units were generally separated along ethnic lines, thus the Berbers were usually the light cavalry and foot skirmishers, while the Turks were the horse archers or heavy cavalry (known as Mamluks).
Cavalry During this time the spear was also used by cavalry.
Cavalry proper (a "Regiment of Horse") had to ride with some agility and engage in sword-wielding melées with opposing cavalry or pursue running infantry, so carrying anything long would be a dangerous encumbrance.
Cavalry was limited to about 30 horses, which proved to be no match for the large and highly trained Syracusan cavalry.
Due to the speed of their cavalry, several times the Cumans have to stop and wait for the raging heavy cavalry of their enemy to catch up, after which they have a mock fight and flee again.
Facing the desperate circumstance the king, seeing the experienced Hunyadi fight and break the Sipahi cavalry, decided to gamble and directly attack the sultan, who was protected by the guard cavalry and formidable Janissary infantry.
French cavalry of all branches were well mounted and were trained to change position and charge at full gallop. citation Opening stages Austro-Hungarian cavalry, 1898.
However, Scipio was able to rally his men, and his cavalry returned from chasing the Carthaginian cavalry and attacked Hannibal's rear.
In addition to heavy cavalry, there would be the light cavalry levied from poor citizens and wealthy young citizens not old enough to be in the hastati or the equites.
Lee ordered cavalry under Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton to make a reconnaissance in force, break through the Union cavalry screen, and find the Union infantry.
Lee's orders gave Stuart much latitude, and both generals share the blame for the long absence of Stuart's cavalry, as well as for the failure to assign a more active role to the cavalry left with the army.
Common combinations with cavalry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cavalry 33×
- cavalry and 24×
- heavy cavalry 12×
- cavalry of 11×
- cavalry regiment 11×
- of cavalry 10×
- household cavalry 10×
- cavalry division 9×
- th cavalry 8×
- cavalry was 8×