Definition of gait

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Gait (n.) Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

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Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book..
Single :: Single (v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
Gaiter :: Gaiter (n.) A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe..
Stately :: Stately (superl.) Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait..
Step :: Step (v. i.) Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..
Sea-gait :: Sea-gait (n.) A long, rolling swell of the sea..
Strut :: Strut (v. t.) To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity..
High-stepper :: High-stepper (n.) A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing..
Formal :: Formal (a.) Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation..
Gaiter :: Gaiter (v. t.) To dress with gaiters.
Gaited :: Gaited (a.) Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited..
Trot :: Trot (v. i.) To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n..
Single-foot :: Single-foot (n.) An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i..
Run :: Run (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body..
Racker :: Racker (n.) A horse that has a racking gait.
Slouch :: Slouch (n.) A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim..
Allure :: Allure (n.) Gait; bearing.
Walk :: Walk (n.) Manner of walking; gait; step; as, we often know a person at a distance by his walk..
Stagger :: Stagger (n.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers..
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