gait
pronunciation
How to pronounce gait in British English:
UK [geɪt]
How to pronounce gait in American English:
US [ɡet]
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- Noun:
- the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- a horse's manner of moving
- a person's manner of walking
Word Origin
- gait (n.)
- c. 1300, gate "a going or walking, departure, journey," earlier "way, road, path" (c. 1200), from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse gata "way, road, path"), from Proto-Germanic *gatwon "a going" (cognates: Old High German gazza "street," German Gasse "a way, road," Gothic gatwo), perhaps from PIE *ghe- "to release, let go." Meaning "manner of walking, carriage of the body while walking" is from mid-15c. Modern spelling developed before 1750, originally in Scottish. Related: Gaited.
Example
- 1. People whose face or gait spells out severe mental illness .
- 2. I did also have the opportunity to see the robotic gait trainer lokomat in practice .
- 3. Physiotherapists could also use the carpet to map changes and improvements in a person 's gait .
- 4. Red hill is incorporating similar wii technology into games to help improve gait and balance in kids with cerebral palsy .
- 5. Her son survived for only an hour , and she developed a fistula , as well as nerve damage in one leg that left her with an awkward gait .