Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cavallard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cav-al-lard
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of horses or mules.

American usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Far as the eye could reach the land was all his own; immense herds of cattle and cavallards of horses roamed over the hills; and the rich bottom-lands yielded him fabulous harvests of corn and cotton."
"The stallion guards his cavallard with a jealous eye, and allows no interference from other horses, and often he battles so ferociously with any and all intruders, that when the owner or herdsman approaches, he is compelled to used stones and other missiles before the stallion allows him to enter the range over which he holds supreme jurisdiction."

Etymology

From Spanish caballada.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: caballada

Usage

American usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

cavallards (plural) caballard (alternative) cavayard (alternative) cavyyard (alternative)

Questions

What does cavallard mean?: A group of horses or mules.
Where does cavallard come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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