hand-gallopn.
/ˈhandˌɡaləp/, U.S. /ˈhændˌɡæləp/ 1. A controlled gallop, in which the horse is kept well in hand to prevent its going too fast. Cf. hand canter n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > canter
false gallopc1515
hand-gallop1624
Canterbury1631
tittup1691
canter1755
hand canter1769
Canterbury gallop1773
tittuping1780
cantering1828
1624 W. Browne His Fiftie Yeares Pract. iv. 16 You may put him forth into a swift trot, and then put him into an easie hand gallop, that he may learne to deale his feet.
1675 Mistaken Husband iv. vi. 52 The Ship is now riding about Cuckholds-Haven; but if it rides but a Trot or a hand gallop, it may be twice as far off e're morning.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxxix. 269 When we were within five miles of Harlowe-place, I put on a hand-gallop.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 186 I have..seen a waggon pass..at the hand-gallop.
1835 J. N. Reynolds Voy. U.S. Frigate 410 Away they went at a good hand-gallop through the town of Honoruru.
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 11 She..goes off at a canter, which soon becomes a hand gallop.
1887 J. C. Frémont Mem. 494 Going through the wood at a hand-gallop we came upon an oak tree which had been blown down.
1926 J. Devanny Butcher Shop vi. 63 She..suddenly turned her horse's head round towards the river road and set off at a hand-gallop.
1995 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 5 Nov. v. 3/4 The work-off without stirrups involved several different movements, including a hand-gallop.
2. figurative and in figurative contexts.
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1632 J. Shirley Changes ii. 27 Set on afore with your Mistris A hand gallop.
1685 J. Dryden Sylvæ Pref. sig. A5v He is always..upon the Hand-gallop, and his Verse runs upon Carpet ground.
1709 Brit. Apollo 18–20 May Sometimes an Hand-Gallop She goes in her Strains.
1770 G. A. Stevens Court of Alexander ii. 31 On a Hand-gallop Reason is running Tantivy.
1828 M. Banim Croppy III. 305 He's upon the hand-gallop for a sthrange counthry, goin' to lave Ireland for a while.
1939 C. Day Lewis Child of Misfortune 74 Grandfather read prayers at a hand-gallop.
1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 i. 166 The text offers a jet-propelled flight through most of the centuries..which slows occasionally to a hand-gallop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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