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Canter

//ˈkæn.tə// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, 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.
  2. 2
    One who cants or whines; a beggar.
  3. 3
    a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop wordnet
  4. 4
    A ride on a horse at such speed.
  5. 5
    One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

    "The days when he was a canter and a rebel."

Verb
  1. 1
    To move at such pace. intransitive
  2. 2
    ride at a canter wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter. transitive
  4. 4
    cause to ride at a cantering pace wordnet
  5. 5
    go at a canter, of horses wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

Etymology 2

Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

Etymology 3

From cant + -er.

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