single-foot

[ sing-guhl-foot ]

verb (used without object)
  1. (of a horse) to go at a rack.

Origin of single-foot

1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

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British Dictionary definitions for single-foot

single-foot

noun
  1. a rapid showy gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately, as in a walk

verb
  1. to move or cause to move at this gait

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