As nouns the difference between cavalry and chapka
is that cavalry is (military|uncountable) the military arm of service that fights while riding horses while chapka is a type of hat worn by 19th-century polish cavalry, consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with polish independence and nationalism.
cavalry
Noun
(cavalries)
(military, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
(military, countable) An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
(military, countable) The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
Derived terms
* heavy cavalry
* light cavalry
* mechanized cavalry
References
* Delamarre, X. & Lambert, P. -Y. (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (2nd ed.). Paris: Errance. ISBN
978 2 87772 369 5, ISBN 2 87772 237 6
Anagrams
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chapka
English
Alternative forms
* czapka
Noun
(
en noun)
A type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry, consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with Polish independence and nationalism.
See also
* (Czapka)