Gait
/ɡeɪt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
"Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait."
- 2 A sheaf of corn. UK, dialectal
- 3 a person's manner of walking wordnet
- 4 One of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.
- 5 A charge for pasturage. UK, dialectal
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- 6 a horse's manner of moving wordnet
- 7 the rate of moving (especially walking or running) wordnet
Verb
- 1 To teach a specific gait to a horse. transitive
Example
More examples"He walks with an awkward gait because of an injury."
Etymology
From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.