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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.]
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Gait

Gait\, n. [See Gate a way.]

1. A going; a walk; a march; a way.

Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass. --Shak.

2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : gait
Spanish: andar,
German: der Gang,
Japanese: 歩きぶり
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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.
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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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gait (gāt)
n.
A particular way or manner of walking.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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