: having a particular gait or so many gaits
slow-gaited
a 3-gaited horse
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Horses that amble, called gaited horses, can move at the same speeds as other horses, but do so without the ceaseless up-and-down of their trotting counterparts.
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2016
Bandini wasn’t ready to canter in a show, so he was entered in two-gaited classes, walking and trotting.
—Lori Riley, courant.com, 4 Oct. 2021
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2016
Bandini wasn’t ready to canter in a show, so he was entered in two-gaited classes, walking and trotting.
—Lori Riley, courant.com, 4 Oct. 2021
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“Gaited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaited. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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