gallopade

American  

[gal-uh-peyd] / ˌgæl əˈpeɪd /

Or galopade

noun

1. galop.

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gallopade British  

/ ˌɡæləˈpeɪd /

noun

1. another word for galop

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Etymology

Origin of gallopade

1825–35; < French galopade, equivalent to galop ( er ) to gallop + -ade -ade ¹

Example Sentences

Gallopade, gal-up-ād′, n. a quick kind of dance—then, the music appropriate to it: a sidewise gallop.—v.i. to move briskly: to perform a gallopade.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

We like the notion of a charitable quadrille—or a benevolent waltz; and it delights us to see a philanthropic design set on foot, through the medium of a gallopade.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 by Various

He is looking quite as apprehensive at the thought that I shall expect him to gallopade with me, as I am at the thought that he will expect me to gallopade with him.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

Then, as we hear the pulse of the engine throbbing quicker and quicker, and the telegraph posts seem to have started off into a frantic gallopade along the line, we plunge into a plantation.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various

Seizing Nerralina's hand, and followed by the Prince and Princess, who sprang from the table, he led off the five thousand couples in a grand gallopade.

From Ting-a-ling by Stockton, Frank Richard