Definition of "dog-trot" []

• A gentle trot, like that of a dog. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Churchill pulled the canoe up on the beach, seized Bondell's grip, and started on a limping dog-trot for the police post."
• "If thou hast, thou wilt let me just keep thee in my eye; for it is an up-hill work; and I shall see thee, at setting out, at a great distance; but as thou art a much heavier and clumsier fellow than myself, I hope that without much puffing and sweating, only keeping on a good round dog-trot, I shall be able to overtake thee."
• "And then, down just past the Cotton Club Review, back a dog-trot off the main strip itself, a little white sign shaped like an arrow with green letters saying, "This Way to The Green Valley Nudist Colony.""