three-gaited

American

[three-gey-tid] / ˈθriˈgeɪ tɪd /

adjective

Manège.

noting a horse trained to walk, trot, and canter, as for pleasure riding and showing.

three-gaited British

adjective

(of a horse) having the three usual paces, the walk, trot, and canter

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Etymology

Origin of three-gaited

First recorded in 1945–50

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three-gaited

Judges last week overlooked Antonio P. Fachiri's imported thoroughbred Rosewater, gave the Biltmore Challenge Cup, for three-gaited saddle horses suitable for park rid- ing, to Jane Bancroft's Kentucky-bred mare, Likely Lady.

From Time Magazine Archive

Young horses, such as Mountain Pippin, a three-gaited saddle horse owned by Jane's Place; Lieutenant W. M. Cleland's six-year-old Irish hunter Margot; H. Hollon Crowell's hunter Sir Conrad—won more than their usual share of blues.

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