Noun

(en noun)

(archaic, disparaging) An ugly old woman, a hag.“ Trot”, entry in 2008 , Anatolij Simonovi? Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction , page 208.

(chiefly, of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).

* 2000 , Margaret H. Bonham, Introduction to: Dog Agility , page 14,

Dogs have a variety of gaits. Most dogs have the walk, trot , pace, and gallop.

* 2008 , Kenneth W. Hinchcliff, Andris J. Kaneps, Raymond J. Geor, Equine Exercise Physiology: The Science of Exercise in the Athletic Horse , Elsevier, page 154,

The toelt is comfortable for the rider because the amplitude of the dorsoventral displacement is lower than at the trot'.The slow '''trot''' is a two-beat symmetric diagonal gait. Among the normal variations of the '''trot''' of saddle horses, the speed of the gait increases from collected to extended ' trot .

* 2009 , Gordon Wright, George H. Morris, Learning To Ride, Hunt, And Show , page 65,

To assume the correct position for the posting trot', first walk, with the body inclined forward in a posting position. Then put the horse into a slow or sitting '''trot at six miles an hour. ''Do not post.

A gait of a person faster than a walk.

A toddler.

* 1855 , '', 1869, ''The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray'', Volume V: ''The Newcomes, Volume I , page 123,

but Ethel romped with the little children — the rosy little trots — and took them on her knees, and told them a thousand stories.

(obsolete) A young animal.

(dance) A moderately rapid dance.

(mildly disparaging)

(Australia, obsolete) A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.

A run of luck or fortune.

He?s had a good trot , but his luck will end soon.

* 1994 , Noel Virtue, Sandspit Crossing , page 34,

It was to be a hugely special occasion, for apart from the picture shows at the Majestic, there was usually nothing at all going on in Sandspit to make anyone think they were on a good trot living there.

* 2004 , John Mosig, Ric Fallu, Australian Fish Farmer: A Practical Guide to Aquaculture , 2nd Edition, page 21,

Should he or she be having a bad trot , the exchange rate will be higher than normal.

Noun

(troths)

(archaic) an oath, promise, or pledge

* {{quote-book

, year = 1597 , first = William , last = Shakespeare , authorlink = William Shakespeare , title = , chapter = Act III, Scene 2 , passage = By my troth , I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death: }}

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, year = 1883 , first = Howard , last = Pyle , authorlink = Howard Pyle , title = , chapter = The Shooting Match at Nottingham Town , passage = And by my faith and troth , I have a good part of a mind to have thee beaten for thine insolence! }}

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, year = 1909 , first = Daniel Bussier , last = Shumway (translator) , title = , chapter = Adventure XVI , passage = Hagen of Troneg now foully broke his troth to Siegfried. }}

specifically, a promise or pledge to marry someone

the state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement