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Canter Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Canter? [n] a smooth 3-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop [v] ride at a canter; "The men cantered away" [v] ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the meadow" [v] go at a canter, of horses Synonyms \| Synonyms for Canter: lope Related Terms \| Find terms related to Canter: affecter \| amble \| bound \| bum \| burst \| burst of speed \| canting hypocrite \| caracole \| curvet \| dash \| dead run \| derelict \| dissembler \| dissimulator \| dogtrot \| drifter \| fair-weather friend \| false friend \| flank speed \| flat-out speed \| forced draft \| formalist \| fox-trot \| frisk \| full gallop \| gallop \| get \| git \| go on horseback \| hack \| hand gallop \| headlong rush \| heavy right foot \| high lope \| hightail \| hobo \| Holy Willie \| hop \| hop along \| hotfoot \| hypocrite \| jog trot \| Joseph Surface \| leap \| lip server \| lip worshiper \| lope \| make tracks \| Mawworm \| maximum speed \| mealymouth \| mount \| open throttle \| pace \| Pecksniff \| Pharisee \| phony \| piaffe \| pietist \| pious fraud \| plunge \| poser \| prance \| race \| ranter \| religionist \| religious hypocrite \| ride bareback \| ride hard \| run \| rush \| sanctimonious fraud \| scamper \| scud \| scurry \| scuttle \| sniveler \| snuffler \| spiritual humbug \| spring \| sprint \| spurt \| step \| step along \| step lively \| street arab \| summer soldier \| take horse \| Tartuffe \| tittup \| tramp \| trip \| trot \| vag \| vagrant \| whited sepulcher \| wide-open speed See Also \| gait \| pace \| ride \| ride horseback \| sit Canter In Webster's Dictionary \Can"ter\, n. [An abbreviation of Caner bury. See Canterbury gallop, under {Canterbury}.] 1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding. Note: The canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit, which compels him to throw a great part of his weight on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in the mode adopted by different horses for performing the canter, that no single description will suffice, nor indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them. --J. H. Walsh. 2. A rapid or easy passing over. A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics. --Sir J. Stephen. \Can"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cantering}.] To move in a canter. \Can"ter\, v. t. To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter. \Cant"er\, n. 1. One who cants or whines; a beggar. 2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. The day when he was a canter and a rebel. --Macaulay.

Canter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Canter?

[n] a smooth 3-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
[v] ride at a canter; "The men cantered away"
[v] ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the meadow"
[v] go at a canter, of horses

Synonyms | Synonyms for Canter: lope

Canter In Webster's Dictionary

\Can"ter\, n. [An abbreviation of Caner bury. See
Canterbury gallop, under {Canterbury}.]
1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

Note: The canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first
      extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be
      produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit,
      which compels him to throw a great part of his weight
      on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in
      the mode adopted by different horses for performing the
      canter, that no single description will suffice, nor
      indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them. --J.
      H. Walsh.



2. A rapid or easy passing over.

         A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics.
                                               --Sir J.
                                               Stephen.


\Can"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cantering}.]
To move in a canter.


\Can"ter\, v. t.
To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at
a canter.


\Cant"er\, n.
1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.

2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one
   who uses canting language.

         The day when he was a canter and a rebel.
                                               --Macaulay.

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