Canter Definition

kăntər
cantered, cantering, canters
noun
canters
A smooth, easy pace like a moderate gallop.
Webster's New World
A smooth three-beat gait of a horse that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot, in which the feet touch the ground in the three-beat sequence of near hind foot, off hind foot and near front foot, off front foot.
American Heritage
The rumbling sound of a cantering horse.
Webster's New World

A ride on a horse at such speed.

Wiktionary

One who cants or whines; a beggar.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
cantered, cantering, canters
To ride or move at a canter.
Webster's New World
To cause (a horse) to go at a canter.
American Heritage
(intransitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Canter

Noun

Singular:
canter
Plural:
canters

Origin of Canter

  • Ultimately from phrases such as Canterbury gallop after Canterbury England, toward which pilgrims rode at an easy pace

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

    From Wiktionary

  • cant +‎ -er

    From Wiktionary

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