CAVALCADE


Meaning of CAVALCADE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌka-vəl-ˈkād, ˈka-vəl-ˌ ]

noun

Etymology: French, ride on horseback, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare to go on horseback, from Late Latin caballicare, from Latin caballus horse; akin to Greek kaballeion horse, Middle Irish capall workhorse

Date: 1644

1.

a. : a procession of riders or carriages

b. : a procession of vehicles or ships

2. : a dramatic sequence or procession : series

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.