a. ? Obs. [F. tride ‘terme de manège, vif, serré’ (Littré), a. Eng. tread in sense ‘gait, pace.’] (See quots.)
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Tride (with Horsemen), short and swift. Tride-pace, is a going of short and thick Motions, tho’ united and uneasy. Tride-career, a fast Gallop that has its Times and Motions short and nimble. To work Tride … upon Volts, is to mark his Time with his Haunches short and ready. [Also in later Dicts. and Cyclopædias.]
