Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To amble: said of a horse; also, to ride at this gait.
  • noun An amble.

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Examples

  • Having pitched his laager, the commander sends out his scouts; some amble off on horseback at a pace they call a "tripple" -- a gait which all the Boers educate their nags to adopt.

    Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales

  • The AN / TTC-56 (V) 1 Single Shelter Switch (or simply called the tripple-S by Army personnel) is a mobile HMMWV mounted telephone and data carrying modular switch, capable of providing both nonsecure and secure communications in a field environment.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The AN / TTC-56 (V) 1 Single Shelter Switch (or simply called the tripple-S by Army personnel) is a mobile HMMWV mounted telephone and data carrying modular switch, capable of providing both nonsecure and secure communications in a field environment.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The AN / TTC-56 (V) 1 Single Shelter Switch (or simply called the tripple-S by Army personnel) is a mobile HMMWV mounted telephone and data carrying modular switch, capable of providing both nonsecure and secure communications in a field environment.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • He has to walk, trot, canter, gallop, and "tripple" all around the laager several times, amidst the badinage and laughter of the burghers, and he gets enough "chaff" during the journey to last the biggest horse in England a lifetime.

    Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales

  • a sort of "tripple," or ambling canter much affected by South African horses.

    Jess Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • My wife has claimed my M-37 16ga I tried to get her the new BPS 16 but she said the Ithaca is lighter and she's right. easy swinging, pointing, and pumping it's just the tripple P Pure Pump Perfection!

    We all love our Model 12's and are devoted to our M-870's. 2009

  • TSX stand for tripple shock x bullet. a full copper bullet with a scall conical opening that allows for expansion in the absence of a lead core ... however I would NOT throw this in the same category as traditional hollow points, it is something compleetely different and one of themost solidly constructed bullets on the market.

    Can I use a 25-06 with 115 gr winchester silver balistic tip for Elk 2009

  • TSX stand for tripple shock x bullet. a full copper bullet with a scall conical opening that allows for expansion in the absence of a lead core ... however I would NOT throw this in the same category as traditional hollow points, it is something compleetely different and one of themost solidly constructed bullets on the market.

    Can I use a 25-06 with 115 gr winchester silver balistic tip for Elk 2009

  • My wife has claimed my M-37 16ga I tried to get her the new BPS 16 but she said the Ithaca is lighter and she's right. easy swinging, pointing, and pumping it's just the tripple P Pure Pump Perfection!

    We all love our Model 12's and are devoted to our M-870's. 2009

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  • chiefly southern Africa

    : a gait in which the horse moves both near and both off legs alternately and which somewhat resembles the amble

    September 21, 2018