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singlefoot

singlefoot noun: a horse's gait, a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite simultaneously.

Noun

singlefoot (uncountable)

  1. A horse's gait, a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite simultaneously.
    • A mile further along he passes us, the horse, archnecked, reined back to a swift singlefoot.1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 69

Verb

singlefoot (third-person singular simple present singlefoots, present participle singlefooting, simple past and past participle singlefooted)

  1. (intransitive) To proceed by means of the singlefoot gait.

Forms of singlefoot

third-person singular presentsinglefoots
present participlesinglefooting
past participlesinglefooted
pastsinglefooted

Origin of singlefoot

From single + foot.

Questions about singlefoot

What does singlefoot mean?
Singlefoot means a horse's gait, a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite simultaneously.
What part of speech is singlefoot?
Singlefoot can be a noun or a verb.

Words near singlefoot in the dictionary

  1. singled
  2. singled out
  3. singled up
  4. singledom
  5. singlefold
  6. singlefoot
  7. singlefooted
  8. singlefooting
  9. singlefoots
  10. singlehand
  11. singlehanded

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