GALLOPERS

Noun

gallopers

plural of galloper

Source: Wiktionary


GALLOPER

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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CONNECTION

(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”


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