Gait

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gait \Gait\, n. [See {Gate} a way.]
     1. A going; a walk; a march; a way.
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              Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks
              pass.                                 --Shak.


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     2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while
        moving.
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              'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gait
       n 1: the rate of moving (especially walking or running) [syn: {pace}]
       2: a horse's manner of moving
       3: a person's manner of walking

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "gait":
     amble, bat, career, celerity, clip, drag, droop, flounce, gallop,
     hitch, hobble, jog, lick, limp, lock step, lurch, mince,
     mincing steps, pace, paddle, piaffer, prance, progress, quickness,
     rack, rapidity, rate, roll, saunter, scuttle, shamble, shuffle,
     sidle, single-foot, slink, slither, slouch, slowness, stagger,
     stalk, step, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, swagger,
     swiftness, swing, toddle, totter, travel, tread, trot, velocity,
     waddle, walk