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ˈhand-ˈgallop
An easy gallop, in which the horse is kept well in hand to prevent excess of speed.
1675Mistaken Husb. iv. vi. in Dryden's Wks. (1884) VIII. 626 If it rides but a Trot or a hand gallop. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. I. 29 May, I have..seen a waggon pass..at the hand-gallop. 1859Lang Wand. India 11 She..goes off at a canter, which soon becomes a hand gallop.
fig.1697Dryden Virg. Georg. Ded., He is always..upon the hand-gallop. 1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 16. 3/2 Sometimes an Hand-Gallop She goes in her Strains. |