Definition of "dogtrot" []

• A steady trot like that of a dog. (noun)
• Chiefly Southern U.S. A roofed passage between two parts of a structure. (noun)
• To move at a steady trot. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Guests will be given a map and allowed to drive back to the reproduction two-room "dogtrot" - style log cabin to see what life was like during the pre-Civil War and Civil War eras."
• "One solution is to borrow a long-extinct local style from the 1800s called the "dogtrot house," which features a long breezeway in the middle."
• "His solution in many cases is to borrow a long-extinct local style from the 1800s called the "dogtrot house," which features a long breezeway in the middle."