Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs. · One of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo teach a specific gait to a horse.
From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.
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