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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gait /geɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a manner of walking or running:a slow gait.
- any of the ways in which a horse moves, as a walk, trot, canter, or gallop.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gait (gāt),USA pronunciation n. - a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- any of the manners in which a horse moves, as a walk, trot, canter, gallop, or rack.
v.t. - to teach a specified gait or gaits to (a horse).
- Scots, Middle English spelling, spelled variant of gate1 in various senses 1500–10
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . walk, step, stride, bearing, carriage.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gait /ɡeɪt/ n - manner of walking or running; bearing
- (used esp of horses and dogs) the pattern of footsteps at various speeds, as the walk, trot, canter, etc, each pattern being distinguished by a particular rhythm and footfall
vb - (transitive) to teach (a horse) a particular gait
Etymology: 16th Century: variant of gate1 |