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single-foot
[ sing-guhl-foot ]
verb (used without object)
- (of a horse) to go at a rack.
single-foot
noun
- a rapid showy gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately, as in a walk
verb
- to move or cause to move at this gait
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Word History and Origins
Origin of single-foot1
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Example Sentences
The slab rested on a single base of skilfully-carved ivory, from which they received the name of monopodia (a single foot).
This threw his weight on a single foot, which went down half way to the knee.
But on the end candlestick nearest Muller the single foot projected out to the front of the altar.
And mixed up in it all we discussed the merits of the fox-trot versus the single-foot.
For a long period single foot-races satisfied the desires of the Eleans and their visitors.
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