Definitions for: Single-foot


[n] a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
[v] go at a rack, as of horses



Webster (1913) Definition: Sin"gle-foot`, v. i.
To proceed by means of the single-foot, as a horse or other
quadruped. -- Sin"gle-foot`er, n.


Sin"gle-foot`, n.
An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also {single-footed
pace}. See Single, v. i.

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.)

Synonyms: rack, rack

See Also: gait, pace

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