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Canter   /kˈæntər/   Listen
Canter

noun
1.
A smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop.  Synonym: lope.
verb
(past & past part. cantered; pres. part. cantering)
1.
Ride at a canter.
2.
Go at a canter, of horses.
3.
Ride at a cantering pace.





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"Canter" Quotes from Famous Books



... back on his shoulder-blades in the armchair. "It is the preliminary canter," he announced. "Now we're off, and you watch me ...
— Foe-Farrell • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... And so it was that the loyal friendship grew and strengthened. The one trick he had was never ventured upon when she was on his back, even after she became accustomed to riding at rapid gait and enjoying the springy canter over the prairie before Van went back to his stable. It was a strange trick: ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 • Various
... the feelings by lifting the curtain From these scenes of woe? Enough, it is certain, Has here been disclosed to stir up the pity Of every benevolent heart in the city, And spur up humanity into a canter To rush and relieve these sad cases instanter. Won't somebody, moved by this touching description, Come forward to-morrow and head a subscription? Won't some kind philanthropist, seeing that aid is So needed at once by these indigent ladies, ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) • Various
... been carried off by some one. Suspicion strongly turns against that fellow Rochford, who came with Lejoillie to our house. She and Rita, and two black servants, had ridden out a short distance only from Castle Kearney, when Juanita suddenly exclaimed that she would canter on ahead of them. Before they could advise her not to go, she was off, and was soon hidden from sight. They rode forward, expecting her every instant to reappear; but when they reached a more open ...
— In the Wilds of Florida - A Tale of Warfare and Hunting • W.H.G. Kingston
... to extinguish the wounded buffalo, I gave chase to the retreating bull. At an easy canter he would gain a hundred paces and then, turning, he would face me; throwing his nose up, and turning his head to one side with a short grunt, he would advance quickly for a few paces, and then again retreat ...
— The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon • Samuel White Baker


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