Third person singular present of 'canter' (the horse moves at a canter); plural noun for multiple canters or horses cantering.
Simple conjugation and plural form of canter, ultimately from Canterbury and the pilgrims' famous journey.
The fact that 'canter' survived 600 years to describe millions of horses still moving the same way shows how perfectly Medieval people named this gait!
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