Defn: To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot. Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. W. S. Clark.
SINGLE
Sin"gle, n.
1. A unit; one; as, to score a single.
2. pl.
Defn: The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
4. (Law Tennis)
Defn: A game with but one player on each side; — usually in the plural.
5. (Baseball)
Defn: A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.