cavallard

plural cavallards · alternative caballard · alternative cavayard · alternative cavyyard

1. USobsoleteA group of horses or mules.

   Far as the eye could reach the land was all his own; immense herds of cattle and cavallards of horses roamed over the hills; and the rich bottom-lands yielded him fabulous harvests of corn and cotton.

   1876, Amelia E. Barr, Romances and Realities: Tales of Truth and Fancy, page 35

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   The stallion guards his cavallard with a jealous eye, and allows no interference from other horses, and often he battles so ferociously with any and all intruders, that when the owner or herdsman approaches, he is compelled to used stones and other missiles before the stallion allows him to enter the range over which he holds supreme jurisdiction.

   1877, Henry Smythe, Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas, page 336