single-foot

American  

[sing-guhl-foot] / ˈsɪŋ gəlˌfʊt /

noun

1. rack.

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verb (used without object)

1. (of a horse) to go at a rack.

single-foot British  

noun

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

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verb

1. to move or cause to move at this gait

Etymology

Origin of single-foot

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

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Example Sentences

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single-foot

"Monday I will have here the best single-foot saddle beast in this country for you to ride, and I will send a man to escort you, who will guarantee your safety."

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald

Patroclus here will walk, amble, rack, single-foot, trot, canter, gallop, and run, or go from any one into any other at will; and every one of these gaits is unmistakably distinct, crisp, and well performed.

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Theodore Ayrault Dodge

"Perhaps," I ventured, "perhaps you know how to make a horse single-foot?"

From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Wallace Morgan

He carries such a quantity of dunnage below in the shape of high boots, spurs, chaps, and cartridge-belts that his gait is a waddling single-foot.

From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by Stewart Edward White

He walked, slow and stately, with much self-consciousness, as a real Spanish horse should; he trotted, he loped, he paced, and went single-foot, greatly to the admiration of the three spectators.

From Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas by Various

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