canter

[US]/'kæntə/
[UK]/'kæntɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a three-beat gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, moving with a slow, rocking motion
vt. & vi. to move or cause a horse to move at a canter

Phrases & Collocations

to canter

a smooth canter

to canter gracefully

a leisurely canter

Example Sentences

I rode away at a canter .

they cantered down into the village.

Katharine cantered Benji in a smaller and smaller circle.

Black Beauty went cantering round and round the ring.

The rest was pure theatre and less panto as United cantered to the three points.

How can it be said that trotting over cavalletti and small fences and canter over small obstacles and combinations would not improve a horse for dressage or equitation-or to correct a spoiled horse?

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