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| cavalry |
soldiers who fight on horseback or from tanks or helicopters. |
| chaps |
leather clothing worn over pants, especially by cowboys, to protect the legs while riding horseback. |
| equestrian |
of or relating to horseback riding. [2 definitions] |
| joust |
a real or pretend fight between two knights on horseback. Each knight tries to knock the other off his horse with a lance. [1/2 definitions] |
| knight |
a soldier on horseback in the Middle Ages. A knight had to serve as an apprentice and follow many rules. [1/4 definitions] |
| legion |
an army unit in ancient Rome that was made up of soldiers on foot and on horseback. [1/2 definitions] |
| polo |
a game played on horseback by two teams of three or four members each. The players use mallets with long handles to hit a small wooden ball into the opponent's goal. |
| pony express |
a system of delivering the mail using riders on horseback. The pony express ran between St. Louis, Missouri and Sacramento, California during 1860 and 1861. |
| tournament |
a contest in medieval times between knights on horseback carrying lances. Each rider would try to knock the other off his horse as they rode toward each other. [1/2 definitions] |
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