canter

Etymology 1
Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

Noun

 * 1) A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.
 * 2) A ride on a horse at such speed.

Derived terms

 * counter-canter

Translations

 * Breton:
 * Czech: cval
 * Dutch: (both canter and gallop), arbeidsgalop
 * Finnish:
 * French: petit galop
 * German: Kanter, leichter Galopp
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: اشكین
 * Polish:
 * Russian: кентер
 * Spanish: medio galope
 * Turkish:


 * Czech: jízda cvalem
 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:

Verb

 * 1)  To move at such pace.
 * 2)  To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Derived terms

 * counter-canter
 * counter-canter

Translations

 * Czech: cválat
 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian: galoppere
 * Polish:

Noun

 * 1) One who cants or whines; a beggar.
 * 2) One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

Verb

 * 1)  to list
 * 2)  to lean

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) to sing