trotter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a foot of a pig or sheep, especially when prepared as food

   The cook simmered the pig's trotter until the meat was tender.

2. 2
   noun

   a horse trained for trotting races, or any person or animal that trots

   The chestnut trotter maintained an even gait around the track.

3. 3
   noun

   informal: a person's or animal's foot

   The squirrel gripped the branch with its little trotters.

From trot + the agent suffix -er. It first denoted one or something that trots, especially a harness-racing horse, and was extended informally to an animal's foot and specifically to the edible foot of a pig or sheep.

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