daisy cutter (dazikut"er)

1. A trotting horse; specifically, in recent use, a horse that in trotting lifts its feet only a little way from the ground. The trot is the true pace for a hackney; and, were we near a town, I should like to try that daisy - cutter of yours upon a piece of level road. Scott , Rob Roy, iii. 2. In base - ball, a ball batted so that it skims or bounds along the ground.