Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
- noun A ride on a horse moving with this gait.
- intransitive verb To go or move at a canter.
- intransitive verb To cause (a horse) to go at a canter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A moderate running pace of a horse; a moderate or easy gallop.
- noun Figuratively, a brisk but easy movement of any kind; a running over or through; a run; a scamper.
- To move in a canter: said of horses.
- To ride a cantering horse.
- To cause to canter.
- noun In a sawmill, a machine placed over the carriage and used to cant or roll over the log on the carriage in making the first cuts; a canting-machine.
- noun One who bids at an auction. See extract.
- noun One who cants or whines; a professional beggar or vagrant.
- noun One who talks cant, in any sense of the word; especially, a canting preacher.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
- noun A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
- noun A rapid or easy passing over.
- intransitive verb To move in a canter.
- noun One who cants or whines; a beggar.
- noun One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
gait of ahorse between atrot and agallop , consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals. - noun A
ride on a horse at such speed. - verb To move at such pace.
- noun One who
cants orwhines ; abeggar . - noun One who makes
hypocritical pretensions togoodness ; one who uses canting language.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb ride at a cantering pace
- verb ride at a canter
- verb go at a canter, of horses
- noun a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It has been remarked that an ugly seat at the canter is a sight that would spoil the finest landscape in the world, so a lady who desires to ride well should not be satisfied if she can merely stick on, like the lady in Fig. 101, but should try to ride correctly.
The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Alice M. Hayes 1873
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After the pupil has mastered the difficulties of the trot, she will appreciate the enjoyable motion of an easy canter, which is the lady's pace _par excellence_.
The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Alice M. Hayes 1873
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I am cabable of doing a lot of stuff, sport i play cricket, qualifications I got sales and management, bookkeeping, accounts, call canter, pastel,, help me to get a job in SA or out side the country
unknown title 2009
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I am cabable of doing a lot of stuff, sport i play cricket, qualifications I got sales and management, bookkeeping, accounts, call canter, pastel,, help me to get a job in SA or out side the country
unknown title 2009
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Although the Jarakay members initially thought of voting out call canter agent Nikki Dacullo-who was deemed the "weakest link" and who has the least contribution-the tribe opted to send home John because of his failing health.
Blogged! 2008
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He went off at a hand-gallop, and then pulled back into a long darting kind of canter, which Bilbah thought was quite the thing for a journey — anyhow, he never seemed to think of stopping it — went on mile after mile as if he was not going to pull up this side of sundown.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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With regard to the representation of other "gaits" of the horse than that of the rapid gallop -- such as canter, trot, amble, rack, and walk -- I have no doubt that instantaneous photography can (and in practice does) furnish the painter with perfectly correct and at the same time useful and satisfactory poses of the horse's limbs.
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He went off at a hand-gallop, and then pulled back into a long darting kind of canter, which Bilbah thought was quite the thing for a journey -- anyhow, he never seemed to think of stopping it -- went on mile after mile as if he was not going to pull up this side of sundown.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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Not only this but Pizza is an in-bound call canter, and maybe what they will do is have my T4’s done right for next year.
E.Jim Shannon E.Jim Shannon 2006
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Not only this but Pizza is an in-bound call canter, and maybe what they will do is have my T4’s done right for next year.
Archive 2006-03-01 E.Jim Shannon 2006
reesetee commented on the word canter
Originally canterbury
March 7, 2007