single-footn.
U.S.
A particular gait of a horse, variously identified with the amble and the rack; see also quot. 1882.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > gait resembling amble or rack
train1566
pace1663
pacing1706
tripple1880
single-foot1882
trippling1901
1882 J. D. B. Stillman Horse in Motion vi. 117 Single-foot is an irregular pace,..distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk and the anterior ones in that of a slow trot.
1893 E. Muybridge Descr. Zoopraxogr. 31 The amble has various local names, such as the ‘single foot’, the ‘fox trot’, etc.
1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 154 This mare can walk like a Kentucky horse,..I believe I could teach her single-foot.
Derivatives
single-foot v.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > amble
amble1310
pace1598
pad1724
tolutate1803
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single-foot1890
tripple1899
1890 Harper's Mag. Jan. 246 The horse often single-foots faster than he trots.
single-footed adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > ambling
amblanta1393
amblinga1393
ambuling1476
racking1532
pacing1597
steady1835
single-footeda1864
single-footing1890
trippling1901
a1864 W. S. Clarke in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait,..in which the two legs of one side are raised almost..simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed.
single-footer adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > gait resembling amble or rack > horse having
pacera1661
side-wheeler1879
single-footer1890
trippler1909
1890 Harper's Mag. Jan. 247 My best single-footer is my fastest trotter.
single-footing adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > ambling
amblanta1393
amblinga1393
ambuling1476
racking1532
pacing1597
steady1835
single-footeda1864
single-footing1890
trippling1901
1890 Harper's Mag. Jan. 246 It is often said that a single-footing horse never trots well.
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