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Webster 1913 Edition

Gait

Gait

,
Noun.
[See
Gate
a way.]
1.
A going; a walk; a march; a way.
Good gentleman, go your
gait
, and let poor folks pass.
Shakespeare
2.
Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
’T is Cinna; I do know him by his
gait
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Gait

GAIT

,
Noun.
[This word is probably connected with go or gad.]
1.
A going; a walk; a march; a way.
2.
Manner of walking or stepping. Every man has his peculiar gait.

Definition 2025

gait

gait

English

Noun

gait ‎(plural gaits)

  1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
    Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
  2. (horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

Translations

Verb

gait ‎(third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

  1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Anagrams

Scots

Noun

gait ‎(plural gaits)

  1. goat

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡai̯t/

Verb

gait

  1. Soft mutation of cait.

Etymology

From Old Norse gata ‎(“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Compare gate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • Homophone: gate

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