Lope (?), imp.
of Leap.
[Obs.]
And, laughing, lope into a tree.
Spenser.
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Lope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loping.] [See Leap.]
1.
To leap; to dance.
[Prov. Eng.] "He that
lopes on the ropes."
Middleton.
2.
To move with a lope, as a horse.
[U.S.]
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Lope, n.
1.
A leap; a long step.
[Prov. Eng.]
2.
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.
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