GALLOPER

Etymology

Noun

galloper (plural gallopers)

One who gallops.

A racehorse.

A carousel or roundabout (especially in the plural)

(military) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.

Source: Wiktionary


Gal"lop*er, n.

1. One who, or that which, gallops.

2.

(Mil.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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