singlefoot

English

Etymology

From single +‎ foot.

Noun

singlefoot (uncountable)

1. 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.
   • 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 69:

     A mile further along he passes us, the horse, archnecked, reined back to a swift singlefoot.

Related terms

• single (verb)

Verb

singlefoot (third-person singular simple present singlefoots, present participle singlefooting, simple past and past participle singlefooted)

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