The French plural of cheval (horse); also used in English in specialized military and heraldic contexts.
The standard French plural of 'cheval,' used in English primarily in military terminology and heraldic descriptions borrowed directly from French.
When English military documents described French cavalry units, they'd use 'chevaux' to sound more official and precise—it's a linguistic trace of how much English military terminology was borrowed from the Norman French of medieval courts.
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