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gaits

[geyt] Origin

gait

[geyt]
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).

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Origin:
1500–10; Scots, Middle English spelling variant of gate1 in various senses

1. gait, gate; 2. gate, gait.


1. walk, step, stride, bearing, carriage.

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

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