Link Centre Dictionary

gait

UK/ɡet/ US/ɡeɪt/ uncommon uk

noun

1.

the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

Synonyms
2.

a horse''s manner of moving

3.

a person''s manner of walking

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • :Category:Horse gaits
  • gait apraxia
  • tandem gait

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.