Canter
['kæntə] or ['kæntɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop.
(verb.) ride at a canter; 'The men cantered away'.
(verb.) ride at a cantering pace; 'He cantered the horse across the meadow'.
(verb.) go at a canter, of horses.
Edited by Albert--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
(n.) A rapid or easy passing over.
(v. i.) To move in a canter.
(v. t.) To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
(n.) One who cants or whines; a beggar.
(n.) One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
Edited by Bradley
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Hypocrite, Pharisee.[2]. Easy gallop, gentle gallop.
v. n. Gallop gently.
Typed by Anatole
Definition
n. an easy gallop.—v.i. to move at an easy gallop.—v.t. to make to canter.
Edited by Clio
Examples
- I say a horse at a canter coming up, Joe. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You could give 'em the whole outfit and win at a canter! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Come, Polly, will you have a canter? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was not a trot, a gallop, or a canter, but a stampede, and made up of all possible or conceivable gaits. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That was plainly to be seen, for Ma was talking then at her usual canter, with arched head and mane, opened eyes and nostrils. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She would canter up to the door on her pony, followed by a mounted livery servant. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The donkey-boys were lively young Egyptian rascals who could follow a donkey and keep him in a canter half a day without tiring. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And Henrique cantered down the walk after Eva. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He cried when he cantered. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At the same instant an empty dog-cart, the horse cantering, the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled swiftly towards us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- So we mounted the horses and rode grimly on toward Magdala, cantering along in the edge of the water for want of the means of passing over it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If you set him cantering, he goes on like twenty sawyers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I saw you on Saturday cantering over the hill on a nag not worthy of you. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- True; which, however, is no guarantee that she is not at this moment cantering over Rushedge. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Other horses, ridden by other small boys, arrive from time to time, awaiting their masters, who will come cantering on anon. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Only that it is a remarkable cow which walks, canters, and gallops. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Wallace