the.com/cavalry
War's original speed upgrade: soldiers who paid extra for legs that weren't their own.
means Troops who fight while mounted on horses (or, in modern militaries, in fast armored vehicles).
from From French cavalerie, from Italian cavalleria, built on cavallo 'horse' — straight back to Latin caballus, a plain workhorse (not the grander equus). The same root gives us 'chivalry,' since a knight's virtue and his horse were once inseparable — one word for the animal quietly split into the soldier, the gentleman, and the whole code of conduct that rode in on its back.
- shock tactic
- Charges won battles by terrifying infantry before contact.
- stirrup effect
- Stirrups let riders fight without falling off horses.
- modern survival
- Armored vehicle units still call themselves cavalry today.
- idiom born here
- Calling in the cavalry means last-minute dramatic rescue.