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counter-canters

counter-canters is the plural of counter-canter.

counter-canters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of counter-canter.

Meaning of counter-canter

Noun

counter-canter (plural counter-canters)

  1. A canter that is performed in a circle, leading with the leg opposite to the direction of the canter.
    • She used to come to the indoor riding school at Knightsbridge and ride my charger, Foxhunter, which I taught to do counter-canters, extended trots, half-passes and other dressage movements.2005, James Hewitt, Moving On, →ISBN, page 11

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Questions about counter-canters

What is counter-canters the plural of?
Counter-canters is the plural of counter-canter.

Words near counter-canters in the dictionary

  1. counter-authoritarian
  2. counter-battery
  3. counter-canter
  4. counter-cantered
  5. counter-cantering
  6. counter-canters
  7. counter-cartographies
  8. counter-cartography
  9. counter-castle
  10. counter-castles
  11. counter-changed

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