What is the meaning of cantering?

verb

  • Ride at a canter.
    • usage: "The men cantered away"
  • Go at a canter, of horses.
  • Ride at a cantering pace.
    • usage: "He cantered the horse across the meadow"

adjective

  • Riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop.
    • usage: "the cantering soldiers"
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