Chevachie

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Chevachie
Author: Noah Webster

CHEVACHIE, n. An expedition with cavalry.

CHEVAL DE FRISE, generally used in the plural, chevaux de frise, pronounced shevo de freez.

1. A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed with iron, five or six feet long; used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or make a retrenchment to stop cavalry.

2. A kind of trimming.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Chevachie," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 3, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CZF8749LSNI4JQG.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Chevachie." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 3 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CZF8749LSNI4JQG.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Chevachie' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 3 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CZF8749LSNI4JQG.