CANTER

canter. Canter, v.t. to go as a horse

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Can″ter (kăn″tẽr), n. [[An abbreviation of Canterbury. See Canterbury gallop, under Canterbury.]] 1. 1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
☞ The canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit, which compels him to throw a great part of his weight on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in the mode adopted by different horses for performing the canter, that no single description will suffice, nor indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them. J. H. Walsh. 2. 2. A rapid or easy passing over.
A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics. Sir J. Stephen.