Word: canter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...walking a horse touches the ground with his left lateral hind foot, left lateral fore foot, right lateral hind foot and right lateral fore foot, in the order named. Two and sometimes three feet in the walk and amble are always on the ground. In the trot, rack, canter and run the horse in certain positions does not touch the ground at all. Especially is this case in a swift run when the horse is in the air more than half the time. With the stereoptican and Zoopraxiscohe the movements of horses walking, trotting cantering, jumping, etc., men walking, running...
Then said the young gentleman, "Gen. Butler will bestride his wonderful horse, and will canter over Cambridge bridge. You will have given him the knightly accolate, and the college will have a new honor in this last and most glorious doctor of laws...