Dictionary entry

Galloper

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gal″lop‐er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, gallops.

2. (Mil.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber. Farrow.

Galloper gun, a light gun, supported on a galloper, — formerly attached to British infantry regiments.