five-gaited
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Only animals in the Jacobs barns were seven saddle horses, valued at from $1,000 to $3,000 each, including a five-gaited, Kentucky-bred stallion named Lady's Man which was a favorite mount of Senator William E. Borah.
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Common wherever three-and five-gaited horses are bred, "nicking" is especially prevalent in Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois.
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Unmannerly broncos and bucking Brahman bulls were replaced by mannerly hunters and harness ponies, five-gaited mares that would no more buck than fly.
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A five-gaited saddle horse, owned by Hugh B. Wick, of Cleveland.
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"A very dark chestnut with silver mane and tail, five-gaited, and as stylish as a lady?"
From The Pride of Palomar by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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