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To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed. But gallop lively down the western hill. Donne.

I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop.

One who, or that which, gallops.

An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse.

A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; -- commonly called a Canterbury gallop.

To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop.

Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop.

A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.

A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

nula of several varietes, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped flowers. -- Canterbury gallop, a gentle gallop such as was used by pilgrims riding, to Canterbury; a canter. -- Canterbury table, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any tale told by travelers p…

h; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop. "Gentle music." Sir J. Davies. O sleep! it is a gentle thing. Coleridge. The gentle craft, the art or trade of shoemaking.

of others; one of the forward pair of horses. He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they gallop away with him at times. Hare.

A post horse. "Posters at full gallop." C. Lever.

The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.

To-morrow, when ye riden by the way. Chaucer. Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him. Swift.

To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly. Thackeray.

Spur fowl (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Asiatic gallinaceous birds of the genus Galloperdix, allied to the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each leg. -- Spur gear (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel. -- Spur gearing, gearing in…

A rapid, violent gallop; an impetulous rush. Cleverland.

e to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering. To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.]