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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