单词 | cavalcade |
释义 | cavalcaden.ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > raid > [noun] roadeOE skeck1297 chevacheec1380 forayc1400 reisea1450 raid1455 bodrag1537 skeg1542 reid1544 inroad1548 outroad1560 excursion1577 excurse1587 bodraging1590 cavalcade1591 chevachance1592 chivancy1616 algaradea1649 course1651 outrakea1765 commando1791 razzia1821 muru1836 chappow1860 night raid1872 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > a ride or spell of riding or excursion > by a number of riders chevacheec1380 cavalcade1591 1591 H. Unton Corr. (1847) 257 I am nowe attendinge uppon the Kinge in this cavalcade he maketh towards the Duke of Parma. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 141 To make Caualgadas, or great marches, for any sudden surprisall. 1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. C4v To make some sudden Caualcado vpon your enemies. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 215 He had with some Troops, made a Cavalcade or two into the West. 2. A procession on horseback, esp. on a festive or solemn occasion. Also loosely used for a procession of carriages. archaic or ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > other parades or processions progressa1556 Lord Mayor's Show1636 cavalcade1644 perahera1681 bridewain1789 Easter Parade1874 concours d'élégance1950 carcade1964 1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 102 Desirous of being present at the cavalcade of the new Pope. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 260 His Majesty..made a Glorious and Splendid Cavalcade from the Tower to Westminster. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2250/3 Cardinal Medici made a Cavalcata..wherein he was Accompanied by 14 of the Sacred Colledge on Mules. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 55 The king's cavalcade through the gates of the city the day before his coronation. 3. concrete. A company of riders on the march or in procession. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > a company of riders roada1393 cavalcade1700 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 68 The following Cavalcade..Proceed by Titles marshall'd in Degree. 1703–14 Sc. Pasquils (1868) 347 He and his noble Cavalcade design To right their native Country. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 44 The cavalcade set forward. 1861 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxv, in Monthly Packet Oct. 351 From Chester the Cavalcade set out for London. 1869 W. F. Hook Lives Archbps. II. ii. 93 He evidently expected to meet a large cavalcade. 4. transferred and figurative. ‘Procession’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > procession processionOE drightfarea1225 precessiona1400 processionc1400 walking1449 train1489 walk1563 processioning1593 band1611 solemnity1636 proceeding1660 cavalcade1670 parade1673 cortège1679 processionade1762 processional1820 crocodile1891 ram1912 processing1920 paseo1927 croc1948 1670 Caveat Conventiclers 9 I desired him to raise this Devil before me; which he courteously did, together with the whole procession of the Cavalcade. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. xiii He made a Cavalcade of his Devils..through the Town. 1855 J. D. Forbes Tour Mt. Blanc 117 The cows were taken to the valley..and I regretted extremely that I missed the opportunity of witnessing so singular a cavalcade. 1932 N. Coward (title) Cavalcade. 1937 Daily Herald 28 Jan. 15/3 Here is a veritable cavalcade of eighteenth and nineteenth century agricultural history. 1941 N. Coward Austral. Visited iv. 25 I was fortunate to be able to administer a little artificial respiration to the word:—‘Cavalcade’. Before I wrote the play of that name the word had fallen into disuse... Now..there are..Cavalcades of fashion, Hollywood Cavalcades,..Cavalcades of practically anything that can be cavalcaded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). cavalcadev. intransitive. To ride in a cavalcade, esp. in procession or in company with others. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride in procession or company ridea1350 cavalcade1771 1771 P. Parsons Newmarket I. 113 The hero..cavalcaded it through a large breach made in the walls, in an open chariot. 1816 M. Keating Trav. Eur. & Afr. II. 1 A large party of horse men was cavalcading..in celebration of a wedding. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. vi. 128 Tumult of charioteering and cavalcading. 1849 Fraser's Mag. 175 The host..homeward with his nobles cavalcaded. Derivatives cavalˈcading n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > in a procession cavalcading1710 1710 Map of Trav. High Ch. Apostle 6 His mighty great Cavalcading. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1591v.1710 |
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