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Gal"lo*pade` (?), n. [F.
galopade. See Gallop, n.]
1. I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind
of gallop.


2. A kind of dance; also, music to the dance;
a galop.


Gal`lo*pade" (?), v. i. [imp. &
p. p.
Gallopaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gallopading.] 1. To gallop, as on
horseback.


2. To perform the dance called
gallopade.


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.


Gal"lo*pin (?), n.[F. galopin.
See Gallop, v. i.] An under servant for
the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy.
[Obs.


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