Gal″lop, n. [Cf. F. galop. See Gallop, v. i., and cf. Galop.] A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds.
Hand gallop, a slow or gentle gallop.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.