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Single-foot

Single-foot Meaning & Definition
Single-foot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Single-foot?

[n] a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
[v] go at a rack, as of horses

Synonyms | Synonyms for Single-foot: rack | rack

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See Also | gait | pace

Single-foot In Webster's Dictionary

\Sin"gle-foot`\, v. i. To proceed by means of the single-foot, as a horse or other quadruped. -- {Sin"gle-foot`er}, n.
\Sin"gle-foot`\, n. An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also {single-footed pace}. See {Single}, v. i. Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities in that of a slow trot. --Stillman (The Horse in Motion.)

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