sin|gle-foot

sin|gle-foot
sin|gle-foot «SIHNG guhl FUT», noun, verb.
–n.
a gait of a horse in which one foot is put down at a time; rack. First there is one foot ahead on the ground, then two, then one, then two, and so on.
–v.i.
to go or move at a single-foot.

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  • Single-foot — Sin gle foot , v. i. To proceed by means of the single foot, as a horse or other quadruped. {Sin gle foot er}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Single-foot — Sin gle foot , n. An irregular gait of a horse; called also {single footed pace}. See {Single}, v. i. [1913 Webster] Single foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Single-footer — Single foot Sin gle foot , v. i. To proceed by means of the single foot, as a horse or other quadruped. {Sin gle foot er}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • single-footed pace — Single foot Sin gle foot , n. An irregular gait of a horse; called also {single footed pace}. See {Single}, v. i. [1913 Webster] Single foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

  • Single — Sin gle, v. i. To take the irrregular gait called single foot; said of a horse. See {Single foot}. [1913 Webster] Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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