cavalry horse
Soldier's battle steed
A cavalry horse is a horse trained and used for mounted military operations.
These horses were bred and conditioned for the demands of warfare—tolerating gunfire, moving in formation, and carrying armed soldiers into battle.
The cavalry horses charged across the open field.
The term now appears mainly in historical contexts, as mechanized vehicles have replaced mounted units in modern armies.
- warhorseSeasoned campaigner or mount
- hussarMounted European light cavalry
- bridleEquine control harness
- lancerMounted soldier with spear
- saddleMounted rider's seat
charger · caparison · bit · reins · remount · stirrup · spurs · riding boots · regiment · dragoon · thundering · chivalry · steed · stamina · gait · mane · hooves · battle
- equinesmare, stallion, donkey, foal, pony
- war animalswar dog, war dogs, war horses, war elephant, war elephants
- warhorseswarhorse, charger, courser, Bucephalus, Copenhagen
- ceremonial horses
- Frontier Transportcovered wagon, stagecoach, prairie schooner, Conestoga wagon, wagon train
- draft horsesClydesdale, Percheron, Belgian, Suffolk Punch, Suffolk
cavalry horsepack mule
Load-bearing equine
war elephant · draft horse · pack horse · siege equipment · siege engine
cavalry horseplow horse
Farm equine for fieldwork
workhorse · pit pony · carriage horse · draft horse · pack horse