single-foot
(of a horse) to go at a rack.
Origin of single-foot
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How to use single-foot in a sentence
The slab rested on a single base of skilfully-carved ivory, from which they received the name of monopodia (a single foot).
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 | Ernst EcksteinThis threw his weight on a single foot, which went down half way to the knee.
Jack North's Treasure Hunt | Roy RockwoodBut on the end candlestick nearest Muller the single foot projected out to the front of the altar.
The Case of The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study | Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta GronerAnd mixed up in it all we discussed the merits of the fox-trot versus the single-foot.
Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14) | Elbert HubbardFor a long period single foot-races satisfied the desires of the Eleans and their visitors.
Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) | Charles Morris
British Dictionary definitions for single-foot
a rapid showy gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately, as in a walk
to move or cause to move at this gait
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