loppetv.
/ˈlɒpɪt/ dialect.
intransitive. To move or run with a heavy gait. Usually of an animal, as a hare or rabbit, rarely of a person.
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1864 C. Bryant in Buckland Log-bk. (1875) 320 They [seals] travel by lifting themselves from the ground on their fore~legs, and hitching the body after them with kind of side~ways loppeting gallop.
Derivatives
ˈloppeting n.
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1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Loppettin', walking with an ungainly movement and heavy tread.
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