Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GAL'LOP-ER
GAL'LOP-ER, n.
- A horse that gallops; also, a man that gallops or makes haste.
- In artillery, a carriage which bears a gun of a pound and a half ball. It has shafts so as to be drawn without a limbon, and it may serve for light three and six pounders.
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