||Che*val" (she*v&adot;l"), n.; pl. Chevaux (- vō"). [F. See Cavalcade.] A horse; hence, a support or frame.
Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large enough to reflect the full length figure.
||Che*val"-de-frise" (?), n.; commonly used in the pl. Chevaux-de- frise. [F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland, where it was first used.] (Mil.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.
Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de- frise.
W. Irving.
Che`va*lier" (?), n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller.] 1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.