GALLOPADE

Noun

gallopade (plural gallopades)

(obsolete) gallop

A type of dance, also known as the galop.

The music for this kind of dance.

Verb

gallopade (third-person singular simple present gallopades, present participle gallopading, simple past and past participle gallopaded)

To gallop, as on horseback.

To perform the dance called gallopade.

Source: Wiktionary


Gal"lo*pade`, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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