Meaning

noun a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop

verb ride at a canter

verb go at a canter, of horses

originEtymology tree English cant Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English canter From cant + -er.

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