verb/ʃə.vo.ʃe/
to straddle, be astride; to span, sit/be across; to ride on horseback, usually for the purpose of raiding and pillaging; to overlap
“Charles, à la neige à la pluie, chevauchait par les chemins de traverse.”
Inherited from Middle French chevauchier, from Old French chevauchier, from Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus (“nag, jade”).