Canter meaning
The definition of a canter is the pace of a horse that is moving at a speed between a trot and a gallop.
When a horse is moving along a meadow, going a little bit faster than trotting but not quite running, the pace at which the horse is moving is an example of a canter.
noun
To canter is to ride a horse that is moving at a pace in between a trot and a gallop.
When you move along riding on a horse going at mid-speed, a bit faster than trotting, this is an example of a time when you canter the horse.
verb
A ride on a horse moving with this gait.
noun
To go or move at a canter.
verb
To cause (a horse) to go at a canter.
verb
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A smooth, easy pace like a moderate gallop.
noun
The rumbling sound of a cantering horse.
noun
To ride or move at a canter.
verb
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(intransitive) To move at such pace.
verb
(intransitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
verb
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.
noun
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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