Definition of Galoper

Definition of Galoper

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

GALLOPER. A blood horse. A hunter. The toby gill clapped his
bleeders to his galloper and tipped the straps the
double. The highwayman spurred his horse and got
away from the officers.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

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