dogtrot noun 3adjective 1verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A steady trotting motion similar to that of a dog. •(Southern-US) A type of house with an open breezeway or hallway between two sections of a house. •(Southern-US) A breezeway, open passageway, or open hallway between two sections of a house.Old Billy Dill and his ugly wife and son are sitting together in the dogtrot. — 1970 adjective1 •(Southern-US) Having an open breezeway or hallway between two sections of a house.If America can claim any significant development in log construction, it might be the dogtrot cabin, … Henry Glassie believes that the dogtrot form developed in the southern Tennessee Valley area ... — 1977 verb1 •To move at the pace of a dogtrot.The stewardess released us like a pack of noisy school kids and I dogtrotted toward the gate. — 1989 formsdogtrotted · dogtrotting · dogtrots
