0 the group of soldiers in an army who fight in tanks, or (especially in the past) on horses
1 an army group which fights from armored vehicles, helicopters (= type of aircraft), or, esp. in the past, while riding horses
By and by the Indians attempted to fly, but were prevented by the cavalry.
The imperial cavalry charged upon their broken ranks, and the flight became universal.
Then the cavalry of the King, with their horses at full speed, dashed from either side upon the helpless mob of countrymen.
There was the line of Mexican cavalry, well out of range, and, beyond the horsemen, were the infantry.
Similarly, melon beads and bronze pendants found inside military forts are usually considered to be associated with cavalry horses.
The cavalry is behind the rows following the center which is filled with men and materiel.
This spectacular phenomenon gave rise to several local ghost stories; a western observer compared it to a charge of the cavalry.