LOPE

of Leap. [Obs.] And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.

To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] "He that lopes on the ropes." Middleton.

To move with a lope, as a horse. [U.S.]

A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]

An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [U.S.] The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a crade. T. B. Thorpe.