cavallard

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

(Sp. caballardo.) A term used by the caravans which cross the prairies, to denote a hand of horses or mules.


The chef d'œvre of this Indian's rascality was exhibited in his stealing our whole cavallard, consisting of ten head of horses and mules, which he drove to the mountains.--Scenes in the Rocky Mountains, p. 80.