重じゅう騎き兵へい

noun

heavy cavalry

Military term for cavalry units equipped with heavy armor and weapons, historically used in contrast to light cavalry.

• 中ちゅう世せいの戦せん場じょうでは重じゅう騎き兵へいが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたした。

  Heavy cavalry played an important role on medieval battlefields.