Trot

trot, v. To move faster than in walking, as a horse or other quadruped, by lifting one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side at the same time; to walk or move fast: to run. —v. To cause to move (a horse, etc.) in the pace called a trot. — n. The pace of a horse, etc., more rapid than a walk, when he lifts one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side at the same time. [F. trotter, to trot, OF. trotter, LL. trolarius, a trotter, me enger, L. — tolutarius, going at a trot, fr. tolutim, at a trot, said of horses, by a lifting (of the feet), toilere, to — Trot'ter, n. A beast that trots; the foot of an animal, esp. that of a sheep, — applied humorously to the human foot. — Trot'toir, -tw6r. n. A footpath; sidewalk; pavement. [F.]