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  • gaited
    gaited
    adjective
    having a specified gait (usually used in combination).
  • -gaited
    -gaited
    adjective
    (in combination) having a gait as specified

gaited

American  
[gey-tid] / ˈgeɪ tɪd /

adjective

  1. having a specified gait (usually used in combination).

    slow-gaited; heavy-gaited oxen.


-gaited British  
/ ˈɡeɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. (in combination) having a gait as specified

    slow-gaited

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of gaited

First recorded in 1580–90; gait + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Whisper’s Star of Rapha El, or El as he is known around the barn, is a gaited, mammoth Jack stud, with an emphasis on the mammoth.

From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2017

When bred to gaited horse breeds, you get a gaited mule.

From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2017

As a gaited donkey, El and his type offer a smooth ride.

From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2017

In the Music Shed on the greensward a Brazilian conductor, who spoke no English, sign-signaled a student orchestra through a too-briskly gaited Afternoon of a Faun.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then I mounted up and gaited him back up to a gallop by slow stages.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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