singlefoot
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
- 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 69:
- A mile further along he passes us, the horse, archnecked, reined back to a swift singlefoot.
Related terms[edit]
- single (verb)
Verb[edit]
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.