GAIT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~, gate gate, way Date: 1509 a manner of walking or moving on foot, a sequence of foot movements (as a walk, trot, pace, or canter) by which a horse or a dog moves forward, a manner or rate of movement or progress , II. verb Date: circa 1900 transitive verb to train (a horse or a dog) to use a particular ~ or set of ~s, to lead (a show dog) before a judge to display carriage and movement, intransitive verb to walk with a particular ~