singlefoot

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounsinglefoot (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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
verbsinglefoot (third-person singular simple present singlefoots, present participle singlefooting, simple past and past participle singlefooted)

present singular third person singlefoots · participle present singlefooting · participle past singlefooted · past singlefooted

  1. intransitiveTo proceed by means of the singlefoot gait.

Origin

From single + foot.

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APA

singlefoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singlefoot

MLA

“singlefoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singlefoot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “singlefoot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singlefoot.

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