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cavallard U.S. dial.|kɑːvəˈlɑːd, kæ-|
Also caviarde, cavalyard.
[corruption of cavallade, ad. Sp. caballada (kabaˈʎaða) caballada, in Texas and New Mexico.]
‘A term used, in Louisiana and Texas, by the caravans which cross the prairies, to denote a band of horses or mules’ (Bartlett).
1836W. B. Dewees Lett. fr. Texas (1852) xx. 208 They..soon obtained a fine cavalyard of horses, which they drove into Arkansas for sale. 1846Sage Scenes in Rocky Mts. 80 Stealing our whole cavallard, consisting of ten head of horses and mules. 1878J. H. Beadle Western Wilds iv. 69 All hands sprang up only to witness our noble cavallard under full headway before a body of Mexican horsemen. |