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Webster 1913 Edition

Canter

Can′ter

(kăn′tẽr)
,
Noun.
[An abbreviation of
Canterbury
. See
Canterbury gallop
, under
Canterbury
.]
1.
A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
☞ The canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit, which compels him to throw a great part of his weight on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in the mode adopted by different horses for performing the canter, that no single description will suffice, nor indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them.
J. H. Walsh.
2.
A rapid or easy passing over.
A rapid
canter
in the Times over all the topics.
Sir J. Stephen.

Can′ter

(kăn′tẽr)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cantered
(kăn′tẽrd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Cantering
.]
To move in a canter.

Can′ter

,
Verb.
T.
To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Cant′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
2.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
The day when he was a
canter
and a rebel.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Canter

CANTER

,
Verb.
I.
To move as a horse in a moderate gallop, raising the two fore feet nearly at the same time, with a leap or spring.

CANTER

,
Verb.
T.
To ride upon a canter.

CANTER

,
Noun.
1.
A moderate gallop.
2.
One who cants or whines.

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