cantering

[kan-ter]

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noun

an easy gallop.

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to move or ride at a canter.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Origin:
1745–55; short for Canterbury to ride at a pace like that of Canterbury pilgrims

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canter

1706, contraction of Canterbury gallop (1630s), "easy pace at which pilgrims rode to Canterbury" (q.v.).

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"When camping in such a wilderness as this, you are prepared to hear sounds from some of its inhabitants which will give voice to its wildness. Some idea of bears, wolves, or panthers runs in your head naturally, and when this note is first heard very far off at midnight, as you lie with your ear to the ground,—the forest being perfectly still about you, you take it for granted that it is the voice of a wolf or some other wild beast, for only the last part is heard when at a distance,—you conclude that it is a pack of wolves, baying the moon, or, perchance, cantering after a moose."

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