five-gaited
Americanadjective
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His winters are spent bird hunting, skeet shooting, playing bridge, woodworking, shooting pool and riding his five-gaited horses with his two grandchildren.
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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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Horse Trainer Ritchie Roberts boasted that his 12-year-old, five-gaited horse, Blackie, could do better, made a bet.
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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 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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