1. canter - Noun
2. canter - Adjective
3. canter - Verb
4. Canter - Proper noun
A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
A rapid or easy passing over.
To move in a canter.
To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial. It is to immure him in emptiness. George Steiner
The canter is a cure for every evil. Benjamin Disraeli
Is it not unsupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles? Georgette Heyer
A scrimmage in a Border Station- A canter down some dark defile- Two thousand pounds of education Drops to a ten-rupee jezail- The Crammer's boast, the Squadron's pride, Shot like a rabbit in a ride! Rudyard Kipling
The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The men cantered away Source: Internet