AMBLE

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.

2.
v.

To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak.

3.
n.

A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side. "A fine easy amble." B. Jonson.

4.
n.

A movement like the amble of a horse.

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