cheval de selle

Definitions of cheval de selle
  1. noun
    a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
  2. noun
    a horse kept for hire
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    type of:
    cheval
    solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
  3. noun
    a lightweight horse kept for riding only
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    types:
    cheval de guerre
    horse used in war
    cheval de bataille
    formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
    coursier
    (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
    type of:
    cheval
    solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
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