Trot | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Trōt, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. TROT'TED; p. pr. & vb. n. TROT'TING.] [Fr. trotter, Pr., Sp., & Pg. trotar, It. trottare, Lat. as if trotare, tītare, tolutare, from tolutim ire, to trot, tolutarius, going on a trot, O. Fr. & Pr. trotier, Ger. trotten, Gael. trot, W. trotian.]

Sense 1. To move faster than in walking, as a horse or other quadruped, by lifting one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side at the same time.

Sense 2. To walk or move fast; to run.

He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night. Franklin.

Trŏt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition; to lead out; to produce. [Colloq.]

Trōt, n.

noun

n. [Fr. & Pr. trot, Sp. & Pg. trote, It. trotto.]

The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, when he lifts one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side at the same time.
An old woman; — in contempt. “An old trot with ne’er a tooth.” Shak.