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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
A cheval \A' che*val"\ [F., lit., on horseback.] Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. in designating the position of an army with the wings separated by some line of demarcation, as a river or road.
A position ['a] cheval on a river is not one which a general willingly assumes. --Swinton. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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