Collocations withcavalry
These are words often used in combination withcavalry.
Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.
armoured cavalry
The history of armoured cavalry is particularly interesting.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
cavalry charge
If the cavalry charge were to be launched it would be magnificent, but it would not be economic policy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
cavalry division
The bridging portion of the field squadrons of the cavalry division is being given this equipment this year.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
cavalry officer
The priest and the cavalry officer have learned to measure non-existence against mere incapacity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
cavalry regiment
One young officer who went and came back, but is going again, was in a cavalry regiment under me.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
cavalry unit
What happens is that if a man is a motor mechanic, he finds himself cleaning out the stables in the only remaining cavalry unit, or something like that.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
heavy cavalry
Pitched battles were usually decided by heavy cavalry, but since the royal gendarmerie was largely recruited from the nobility it was a scarce resource which had to be carefully husbanded.
From theCambridge English Corpus
light cavalry
In terms of modern warfare, the heavyweight tank is the armed knight which must give way to the light cavalry.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.