1. A smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
   "The horse broke into a canter as they approached the stable";
   - lope

1. (riding) ride at a canter
   "The men cantered away"
    
2. Go at a canter, of horses
   "The horses cantered across the field"
    
3. (riding) cause to ride at a cantering pace
   "He cantered the horse across the meadow"

Sounds like: cantor

Derived forms: cantered, cantering, canters

See also: cantering

Type of: gait, pace, ride, ride horseback, sit

Encyclopedia: Canter, David