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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A horse's gait, a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite simultaneously. uncountable

   "A mile further along he passes us, the horse, archnecked, reined back to a swift singlefoot."

Verb

1. 1
   To proceed by means of the singlefoot gait. intransitive

Example

More examples

"A mile further along he passes us, the horse, archnecked, reined back to a swift singlefoot."

Etymology

From single + foot.

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