Canter Definition
kăntər
cantered, cantering, canters
noun
canters
A smooth, easy pace like a moderate gallop.
Webster's New World
A smooth three-beat gait of a horse that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot, in which the feet touch the ground in the three-beat sequence of near hind foot, off hind foot and near front foot, off front foot.
American Heritage
The rumbling sound of a cantering horse.
Webster's New World
A ride on a horse at such speed.
Wiktionary
verb
cantered, cantering, canters
To ride or move at a canter.
Webster's New World
To cause (a horse) to go at a canter.
American Heritage
(intransitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
Wiktionary
Origin of Canter
Ultimately from phrases such as Canterbury gallop after Canterbury England, toward which pilgrims rode at an easy pace
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.
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