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singlefoot en · NOUN

Etymology

From single + foot.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A horse's gait, a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite simultaneously.
    • A mile further along he passes us, the horse, archnecked, reined back to a swift singlefoot. 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 69:

Relateds

single

singlefoot en · VERB

Etymology

From single + foot.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To proceed by means of the singlefoot gait.

Forms

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singlefooted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
singlefooted Tense=Past lexicographic
singlefooting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
singlefoots Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic