ˈhigh-ˌstepper
A horse which lifts its feet high from the ground in walking and trotting; transf. a person of stately walk or bearing. So ˈhigh-ˌstepping a.
| 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair li. 456 Splendid high-stepping carriage horses. 1860 Mrs. J. H. Riddell Too Much Alone xxix, [The beauty] which makes a woman be called, when young and in good action, ‘showy’ and ‘a high-stepper’. 1880 Ouida Moths II. 54 She drove..very high-stepping English horses. 1886 ‘Maxwell Gray’ Silence Dean Maitland I. i. 9 A dog-cart, drawn by a high-stepping chestnut. Ibid. 10 Sending the high-stepper flying along the level down-road like the wind. 1973 D. Ramsay Deadly Discretion 63 A millionaire..is pretty high stepping for a two-bit dancer. |