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Gait

noun

The rate of moving (especially walking or running). Synonym: pace.

A horse's manner of moving.

A person's manner of walking.

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"Gait" Quotes from Famous Books

... And, all the elasticity gone from his gait, he stumbled back to his own car, revolving and muttering unchristian thoughts. For he and Jolyff had been meeting all their lives, it seemed, in court and out; sometimes with the right on one side, sometimes on the other. Each ...

— The Spread Eagle and Other Stories • Gouverneur Morris

... help, visited the phonograph place, and a few days later reported results. He wrote: "I talked your letter into a fonograf in my usual tone at my usual gait of speech. Then the fonograf man talked his answer in at his wonted swing and swell. Then we took the cylinder to a type-writer in the next room, and she put the hooks into her ears and wrote the whole out. I send ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... to see this much-loved prodigal. Priscilla's description of 'a vagrant sort of man' had somewhat alarmed her, and she feared to see the furtive look and slouching gait that so often stamp the man who has taken long ...

— Lover or Friend • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... remarkable walkers. They were extremely light on their feet and had a springy gait, most graceful to watch. A striking characteristic of these people was that, when standing—unlike nearly every other tribe of savages I have seen—they spread their toes outward instead of keeping both feet parallel. To a lesser extent the feet were held in that position also ...

— Across Unknown South America • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

... take a quiet walk. His legs were stiff from sitting so long. A little exercise would do him the world of good. So, without a word to anybody, he slipped out of camp unobserved and started off at a brisk gait. ...

— The Mask - A Story of Love and Adventure • Arthur Hornblow

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