trotter

American  

[trot-er] / ˈtrɒt ər /

noun

1. an animal that trots, especially a horse bred and trained for harness racing.

2. a person who moves about briskly and constantly.

3. the foot of an animal, especially of a sheep or pig, used as food.

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trotter British  

/ ˈtrɒtə /

noun

1. a person or animal that trots, esp a horse that is specially trained to trot fast

2. (usually plural) the foot of certain animals, esp of pigs

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Etymology

Origin of trotter

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at trot ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

"The dish is often served with cotechino, a spicy pork sausage, and zampone, a deboned pig trotter stuffed with sausage meat."

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2022

From 5 to 7 p.m., with aperitifs and cocktails, there will be savories like deviled eggs with caviar, salmon rillettes, white anchovies with bread and butter, and fried pig’s trotter with sauce gribiche.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2021

Greenshoe last month went the mile in 1:50.1, this year’s fastest for a 3-year-old trotter.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2019

The stir-fried pig’s feet requires no culinary training to order it but demands that you use your hands to nibble the rich, sticky mass of meat, fat and tendon off the bulky trotter sections.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2017

These are vestiges: the banker’s table, or the pig’s trotter, or the criminal’s finger leave a vestige, a track or a trace.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton