SINGLEFOOT

Etymology

Noun

singlefoot (uncountable)

A horse's gait, a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite simultaneously.

Verb

singlefoot (third-person singular simple present singlefoots, present participle singlefooting, simple past and past participle singlefooted)

(intransitive) To proceed by means of the singlefoot gait.

Source: Wiktionary


Sin"gle-foot`, n.

Definition: An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i. Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities in that of a slow trot. Stillman (The Horse in Motion.)

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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