society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > ride (a horse) rapidly > gallop (a horse) (3)
transitive. To make (a horse, pony, etc.) gallop.
transitive. To let gallop, put to the gallop. Obsolete. rare. (Cf. gallop, v.1 3.)
transitive. To make (a horse, etc.) go at full speed.