stepper
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8.9
- noun
- Jargon
:
caballo de paso alto
- Thrusting his unstrung bow under the saddle girth, he swung up into Stepper's saddle with the pack animal's lead in hand.
Examples
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Stepper and the packhorse whickered nervously.
Fiction book (1992) -
Waving away a groom, he bridled Stepper and led him out himself.
Fiction book (1992) -
Only then, breathing almost as hard as his lathered horse, did he rein Stepper to a walk.
Fiction book (1992) -
He booted Stepper toward the Waygate.
Fiction book (1992) -
He pointed to a thick white line under Stepper's hooves.
Fiction book (1992) -
Stepper leaped, too, screaming, head flailing; it was all Perrin could do to keep his seat.
Fiction book (1992) -
"It is fun to be so young, is it not, Perrin?" Frowning, uncertain whether the man was laughing at him, Perrin heeled Stepper on, drawing the packhorse behind.
Fiction book (1992) -
The twelve white horses pulling his coffin are high-steppers: stallions graceful, big-butted, and stylized as Rockettes.
Fiction book (1997) -
The probabilities of the Long Earth (the collection of worlds that Pratchett's and Baxter's Steppers can get to) instead seem to be all jumbled up at random.
Blog text (27) -
The trainer praised Stepper for performing the trotting routine with elegant, high steps.
Synonyms
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8.6
A horse that lifts its legs high when it moves
A horse trained to lift its legs very high when it walks or trots for shows
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Etymology
The word stepper comes from the simple word step ('a movement of the foot') plus -er ('one who does'). Imagine a horse trained to lift each foot very high when it walks or trots, so a stepper is a horse known for that proud, high-stepping gait.