He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his
business at night.
Franklin.
Trot, v. t. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace
called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces;
hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.]
Trot, n. [F. See Trot, v. i.] 1. The pace of a horse or other
quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness,
in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are
lifted at the same time. "The limbs move diagonally in pairs in the
trot." Stillman (The Horse in Motion).