gait
noun /ɡeɪt/
/ɡeɪt/
[usually singular]- a way of walking or running
- He walked with a rolling gait.
Extra Examples- Her gait was slow and stately.
- I could always recognize her by the briskness of her gait.
- The man moved with a curious bent-over gait.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rolling
- shuffling
- unsteady
- …
- with a gait
Word Originlate Middle English (originally Scots): variant of gate, a street in place names.