Usually means: Gait between trot and gallop.
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  1. canters: Merriam-Webster
  2. canters: Collins English Dictionary
  3. canters: Vocabulary.com
  4. Canter's, canters: Wordnik
  5. canters: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Canters, canters: Wiktionary
  7. canters: Dictionary.com
  8. canters: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Canter's: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. canters: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. canters: Encyclopedia

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  1. canters: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Canter)

noun:  A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.
noun:  A ride on a horse at such speed.
verb:  (intransitive) To move at such pace.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
noun:  One who cants or whines; a beggar.
noun:  One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
noun:  A surname.
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