dogtrot

dogtrot
/dawg"trot', dog"-/, n., v., dogtrotted, dogtrotting.
n.
1. a gentle trot, like that of a dog.
2. South Midland and Southern U.S. a covered passage or porch linking two parts of a house; breezeway.
v.i.
3. to go or move at a gentle trot or a dogtrot.
[1655-65; DOG + TROT]

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