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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Mounted upon a horse as large, as black, and as forbidding as himself, he cantered slowly forward, with none of those prancings and gambades with which a cavalier was accustomed to show his command over his charger.

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One fine May morning, as she cantered along the avenue at Brandon Beeches on a powerful bay horse, the gates at the end opened and a young man sped through them on a bicycle.

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He cried when he cantered. I do not cry." Rawdon read these letters to his brother and Lady Jane, who was delighted with them.

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The troops halted and formed; the word of command rang through the line; there was a general clash of muskets as arms were presented; and the commander-in-chief, attended by Colonel Bulder and numerous officers, cantered to the front.

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The Rosa has embodied a design concept cantered on each and every passenger's comfort, and by staying true to this design tradition, the new Rosa reaches unprecedented heights in driving performance, safety, comfort and functionality.

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Richard Lambert, Fabre's travelling head lad, reported: "Flintshire cantered on the grass track over 1,400 metres.

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Joey, the lifelike puppet which features in the hit play War Horse, drew the crowds as he cantered around the ring at Birmingham's NEC.