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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3 words match “A CHEVAL”

A CHEVAL n.
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.
PSYCHE n.
A cheval glass.
TURNPIKE n.
A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de- frise. [R.] Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike. -- Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc.