2. Noun. The action of the verb trot. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of trot) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trotting
1. trot [v] - See also: trot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trotting
Literary usage of Trotting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
""(5) A mare sired by a registered standard trotting horse, provided her first,
... The origin and importance of the heads of the several prominent trotting ..."
2. The Horse of America in His Derivation, History and Development by John Hankins Wallace (1897)
"HOW THE trotting HORSE IS BRED. Early trotting and pacing races—Strains of blood
in the first known trotters —The lesson of Mnud ..."
3. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1920)
"A stallion sired by a registered standard trotting horse, provided his dam and
grandam were sired by registered standard trotting horses, and he himself has ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In the United States interest in trotting races more than rivals that felt in
the contests of thoroughbred horses. This interest dates back to the ..."
5. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1857)
"HISTORY OF THE trotting HORSE. I NOW arrive, in the dne course of my subject, at
what may be called, without fear of contradiction, the most truly ..."
6. Industrial History of the United States: From the Earliest Settlements to by Albert Sidney Bolles (1878)
"THE trotting-HORSE. The trotting-horse is very largely the product of American
thought and cultivation. trotting, in most cases, is an acquired gait ..."