ˈhand-ˌcanter
[canter n.3]
A gentle, easy canter. Cf. hand-gallop.
| 1836 Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) IV. 73 The Whigs..have probably made up their minds to carry their Bill through in a hand canter. 1893 Earl Dunmore Pamirs I. 284 We had seven miles to ride to the city, which we did at a hand canter. |