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Synonyms for canter


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kan-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn tər



Définition of canter

Origin :
  • 1706, from a contraction of Canterbury gallop (1630s), "easy pace at which pilgrims ride to Canterbury" (q.v.). Related: Cantered; cantering.
  • verb jog
Example sentences :
  • Captain Smith affected a cough, and put his brown mare into a canter.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Caroline, with a movement of impatience, put her horse into a canter.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • That's why I have Dutchy take him out on a country road and canter him.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • I had intended asking you to join me in a canter over the country.
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • The party who were to go were soon in the saddle, and they started off at a canter.
  • Extract from : « Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer » by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham
  • They rode southward at a canter in the shelter of the edge of the timber.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • I suppose you 've no objection to my taking a canter on him this morning?
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • But, come along, my boy, we'll take a canter; I want to show you Moddiridderoo.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • "Orders from General Murray, sir," said the man, and rode off at a canter.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • "Everybody has got ahead of us," she said, as they put their horses into a canter.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

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