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plural cavalcades
(collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc. quotations examples
To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional pressure, when it is often a case of "first in—first out" with locomotive allocations at sheds.
1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, pages 357–358
A ceremonial parade. quotations examples
For the first three hours all went as well as could be expected, and then an accident happened that nearly lost us the pleasure of the company of our venerable friend Billali, whose litter was leading the cavalcade.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887
In the second row of the cavalcade were Francie, Fanny's god-daughter, now thirteen years old and already elegant in long frilled pantalettes, tartan skirts, and a leghorn hat with streamers, …
1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter IX, Section iii
A trail ride, usually more than one day long. quotations examples
Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York.
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
(by extension) An often dramatic series or chain of events or things. examples
third-person singular simple present cavalcades, present participle cavalcading, simple past and past participle cavalcaded
To move as part of a series or group, such as marchers in a parade or snow in an avalanche, especially in large numbers or in a chaotic or dangerous fashion quotations examples
Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading, but […]
1725, John Windhus, “A Journey to Mequinez”, in John Pinkerton, The Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels, Volume 15, Longman et al. (1814), page 478
[…] although for the most part he believed the devil was too good a general to let his soldiers waste their time in cavalcading about on broom-sticks.
1866, Elizabeth Charles, The Draytons and the Davenants, M. W. Dodd, pages 348–9