From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lope \Lope\, imp.
of Leap. [Obs.]
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And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lope \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.
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2. To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.
[U.S.]
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3. To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lope \Lope\, n.
1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
[U.S.]
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The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal
lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy
as the motions of a cradle. --T. B.
Thorpe.
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