Single-foot

3 definitions found

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

  Single-foot \Sin"gle-foot`\, n.
     An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also {single-footed
     pace}. See {Single}, v. i.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare,


           distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in
           the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities
           in that of a slow trot.                  --Stillman
                                                    (The Horse in
                                                    Motion.)
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Single-foot \Sin"gle-foot`\, v. i.
     To proceed by means of the single-foot, as a horse or other
     quadruped. -- {Sin"gle-foot`er}, n.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  single-foot
       n : a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the
           ground separately [syn: {rack}]
       v : go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" [syn: {rack}]