Meaning of SINGLE-FOOT
Pronunciation: | | 'singgul fût
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- [n] a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- [v] go at a rack, as of horses
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| Synonyms: | | rack, rack |
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| See Also: | | gait, pace | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sin"gle-foot`\, v. i.
To proceed by means of the single-foot, as a horse or other
quadruped. -- {Sin"gle-foot`er}, n.
\Sin"gle-foot`\, n.
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.)
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