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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Single-foot

· Sin·gle-foot · IPA
01 n. An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i.
  1. 1.
    An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i. Also: single-footed pace See: Single
    “Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities in that of a slow trot.” — Stillman (The Horse in Motion.)
02 v. i. To proceed by means of the single-foot, as a horse or other quadruped.
  1. 1.
    To proceed by means of the single-foot, as a horse or other quadruped.