Definition of Trottings

1. Noun. (plural of trotting) ¹

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Definition of Trottings

1. trotting [n] - See also: trotting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trottings

trothing
trothless
trothplight
trothplighted
trothplighting
trothplights
troths
trotline
trotlines
trots
trotted
trotter
trotters
trotting
trotting horse
trottings
trottoir
trottoirs
trottole
trotyl
trotyls
trou
trou-de-loup
troubadour
troubadourism
troubadours
troublable
trouble
trouble-free
trouble-shoot

Literary usage of Trottings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Canadian Literature (English) by Archibald MacMurchy (1906)
"Perhaps the most noted in this respect are The Trottings of a Tenderfoot, ... As an indication of his work we quote a few lines from The Trottings of a ..."

2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"... and trottings. The sole business, apparently, of all three of them was to take care of the poor little mortal ; and they took care of it so impartially ..."

3. A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and by John Foster Kirk, Kirk, John Foster, 1824-1904, Samuel Austin Allibone (1891)
"The Trottings of a Tender-Foot: a Visit to the Columbian Fiords and Spitzbergen, Lon., 1885, cr. Svo. 4. A Sportsman's Eden : a Season's Shooting in Upper ..."

4. The Fortnightly Review (1865)
"The horse is a closely sympathetic beast, and will make his turns, and do his trottings, and comport himself generally in strict unison with the pulsations ..."

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