1.
[syn: pace, gait]
2. a horse's manner of moving;
3. a person's manner of walking;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gait \Gait\, n. [See Gate a way.]
1. A going; a walk; a march; a way.
[1913 Webster]
Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks
pass. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while
moving.
[1913 Webster]
'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gait
n 1: the rate of moving (especially walking or running) [syn:
pace, gait]
2: a horse's manner of moving
3: a person's manner of walking
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "gait":
amble, bat, career, celerity, clip, drag, droop, flounce, gallop,
hitch, hobble, jog, lick, limp, lock step, lurch, mince,
mincing steps, pace, paddle, piaffer, prance, progress, quickness,
rack, rapidity, rate, roll, saunter, scuttle, shamble, shuffle,
sidle, single-foot, slink, slither, slouch, slowness, stagger,
stalk, step, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, swagger,
swiftness, swing, toddle, totter, travel, tread, trot, velocity,
waddle, walk