Толковый словарь английского языка - canter
Canter
canter
I. noun Date: 1609 one who uses cant: as, beggar , vagabond , a user of professional or religious cant, II. verb Etymology: short for obsolete ~bury, noun (~), from Canterbury, England; from the supposed gait of pilgrims riding to Canterbury Date: 1706 intransitive verb to move at or as if at a ~ ; lope , to ride a horse at a ~, transitive verb to cause to go at a ~, III. noun Date: 1755 a 3-beat gait resembling but smoother and slower than the gallop, a ride at a ~
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n. & v. --n. a gentle gallop. --v. 1 intr. (of a horse or its rider) go at a canter. 2 tr. make (a horse) canter. Phrases and idioms in a canter easily (win in a canter). Etymology: short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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