lope Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a slow pace of running
    trot; jog.
  2. noun a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
    canter.
  3. verb run easily

WordNet

Lope imperfect
Definitions
  1. of Leap. Obs.
    And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.
Lope intransitive verb
Etymology
See Leap.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Loped ; present participle & verbal noun Loping
Definitions
  1. To leap; to dance. Prov. Eng. "He that lopes on the ropes." Middleton.
  2. To move with a lope, as a horse. U.S.
Lope noun
Definitions
  1. A leap; a long step. Prov. Eng.
  2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. U.S.
    The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a crade. T. B. Thorpe.

Webster 1913