canter
• noun a pace of a horse between a trot and a gallop, with not less than one foot on the ground at any time. • verb move at a canter. — PHRASES in (or at) a canter Brit. without much effort; easily. — ORIGIN short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.
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