tripplen.
/ˈtrɪp(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈtrɪp(ə)l/, South African English /ˈtrɪp(ə)l/ South African.
A horse's gait, resembling the amble.
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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
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1880 P. Gillmore On Duty 296 A slow tripple—a pace similar to what is designated ‘racking’ in North America.
1887 H. R. Haggard Jess i. 3 He put the tired nag into a sort of ‘tripple’ or ambling canter much affected by S. African horses.
1901 Field 9 Mar. 322/1 This ‘tripple’ is between a fast walk and slow trot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
tripplev.1
Obsolete exc. dialect.
intransitive. To trip, move lightly; to dance, skip.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > lightly
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a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §308 315 Where, fearless of the hunt, the deer securely stood, And trippling freely, walk'd a burgess of the wood.
a1866 W. Anderson Rhymes (1867) 42 He trippled, he danced, an' he sung.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
tripplev.2
/ˈtrɪpl/, U.S. /ˈtrɪp(ə)l/, South African English /ˈtrɪp(ə)l/ South African.
intransitive. To go at a tripple.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride with an easy pace
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > amble
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tripple1899
1899 G. H. Russell Under Sjambok iv. 49 They [Boers]..getting into their saddles, slowly trippled away (a kind of run, neither gallop, canter, or trot).
1903 Longman's Mag. Dec. 151 That easy hand canter usual in such Free State horses as do not tripple.
Derivatives
ˈtrippling n. and adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > ambling
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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
1901 Field 9 Mar. 322/1 The Boer never rides his horse at the trot, but at a quick walk or canter, and a step peculiar to the country and called ‘trippling’, or, as we should style it, ambling.
1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 526/1 He could still hear the trippling patter of the other rider.
ˈtrippler n. a horse that tripples.
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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
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side-wheeler1879
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trippler1909
1909 R. Cullum Compact xi. 132 Can't I even persuade you to ride my ‘tripler’?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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