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gait

  [geyt]
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–noun
1. a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
2. any of the manners in which a horse moves, as a walk, trot, canter, gallop, or rack.
–verb (used with object)
3. to teach a specified gait or gaits to (a horse).
Origin:
1500–10; Scots, ME sp. var. of gate 1 in various senses

Synonyms:
1. walk, step, stride, bearing, carriage.
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gait   (gāt)   
n.  

  1. A particular way or manner of moving on foot: a person who ran with a clumsy, hobbling gait.

  2. Any of the ways, such as a canter, trot, or walk, by which a horse can move by lifting the feet in different order or rhythm.

  3. Rate or manner of proceeding: The project went forward at a steady gait.

tr.v.   gait·ed, gait·ing, gaits
To train (a horse) in a particular gait or gaits.

[Middle English gate, path, gait, from Old Norse gata, path; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

gait 
c.1200, gate "a going or walking, departure, journey," earlier "way, road, path," from O.N. gata "way, road, path." Meaning "manner of walking" is from 1509. Modern spelling developed before 1750, originally in Scottish.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: gait
Pronunciation: 'gAt
Function: noun
1 : a manner of walking or moving on foot
2 : a sequence of foot movements(as a walk, trot, pace, or canter) by which a horse or a dog moves forward
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

gait (gāt)
n.
A particular way or manner of walking.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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