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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1460, 1688
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Trotting, vbl. n. [Late ME and e.m.E. trotting (15th c.).] The action of Trot v. 1. — 1460 Hay Alex. 664.
In trotting, riding, and in galoping He past all vther 1688 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XXVII 152.
I thought on the way of breeding horse … and of the different kinds of paceing and trotting
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