/dawg"trot', dog"-/ , n. , v. , dogtrotted, dogtrotting .
n.
1. a gentle trot, like that of a dog.
2. South Midland and Southern U.S. a covered passage or porch linking two parts of a house; breezeway.
v.i.
3. to go or move at a gentle trot or a dogtrot.
[ 1655-65; DOG + TROT ]