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

Example Sentences

After seeing RocketSkates explode on Kickstarter, I was very eager to try out these oddities, which look like a cross between roller skates, moon shoes, and single-foot Segways.

From The Verge

The rack soon grows into the single-foot, which only differs from it in being faster, and the latter is substituted for the trot.

From Project Gutenberg

A good terra cotta camel, 55 to 60 hands high and broken to single-foot, will fetch as high as $150.

From Project Gutenberg

"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."

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Then as the Journalist's galloping laughter slowed down into the gentlest sort of a single-foot smile, her eyes grew abruptly big and dark with horror.

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