Definition of gait

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gait    (gt) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A particular way or manner of moving on foot: a person who ran with a clumsy, hobbling gait.
2. Any of the ways, such as a canter, trot, or walk, by which a horse can move by lifting the feet in different order or rhythm.
3. Rate or manner of proceeding: The project went forward at a steady gait.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
gait·ed , gait·ing , gaits

To train (a horse) in a particular gait or gaits.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English gate, path, gait, from Old Norse gata, path; see gh- in Indo-European roots

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