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canter

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canter
an easy three-beat gait of horses, etc., between a trot and a gallop in speed


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Suppose we have a canter, now we're at the bottom of the hill.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
As soon as I reached comparatively level ground I urged my mount into a canter and continued this, where the going permitted, until, close upon dusk, I discovered the point where other tracks joined those of Powell.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
, seemed quite sufficient by way of verbal direction: the lion at once broke into an easy canter, and we soon found ourselves in the depths of the forest.
Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context
 
 
 
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