dogtrot
/ˈdɔɡˌtrɑt/
noun
- A steady, easy trot, like that of a dog.
- He broke into a dogtrot to catch up with the group.
- The horse settled into a comfortable dogtrot across the field.
- The hiker kept up a dogtrot along the trail to make good time.
- A type of house with a central open breezeway, common in the southern United States.
- Visitors admired the traditional dogtrot farmhouse.
- The dogtrot design kept the house cool in the summer heat.
- They bought an old dogtrot cabin and restored it.