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Definition of Canterbury gallop

Canterbury gallop
Aubin Au"bin, n. [F.] A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; -- commonly called a Canterbury gallop.
Canterbury gallop
Canterbury Can"ter*bur*y, n. 1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas [`a] Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made. 2. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc. Canterbury ball (Bot.), a species of Campanula of several varieties, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped flowers. Canterbury gallop, a gentle gallop such as was used by pilgrims riding to Canterbury; a canter. Canterbury tale, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any tale told by travelers to pass away the time.

Meaning of Canterbury gallop from wikipedia

- The canter and gallop are variations on the fastest gait that can be performed by a horse or other equine. The canter is a controlled three-beat gait,...
- time between the three beats. The word is thought to be short for "Canterbury gallop". In the canter, one of the horse's rear legs – the right hind leg...
- David Langton Gallop QSM (born 10 September 1937) is a former cricketer who pla**** first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1956 to 1966 and was later...
- The history of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs stretches from the 1930s to the present day. Based in Belmore, a suburb of Sydney, the Bulldogs in 1935...
- The New Zealand Agricultural Show (formerly the Canterbury A&P Show) is hosted by the Canterbury A&P ****ociation. It is the largest agricultural and pastoral...
- the second major salary cap scandal under Gallop's leadership. In 2002, the then table-topping Canterbury Bulldogs were stripped of all competition points...
- and his engineer Clive Gallop in the 1920s, which inspired the book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The cars were built in Canterbury, Kent in the workshop of...
- Rangiora is the largest town and seat of the Waimakariri District, in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of Christchurch, and is...
- 2010 Canterbury earthquake. A number of cliffs collapsed at Scarborough (Godley Head and Whitewash Head), Richmond Hill, and Sumner (Pea****'s Gallop). The...
- workshops in Canterbury, ****isted by his engineer and co-driver Captain Clive Gallop, who was later racing engineer to the "Bentley Boys". Whilst Gallop provided...