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

But then his nephew believed himself to be a great dancer, notwithstanding the fact that his dancing did not bear the slightest resemblance to a waltz or a gallopade.

From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm

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

I do not know how it is that we make our mutual alarm known to each other, only I know that, while all the world is gallopading round us, we gallopade not.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

A kind of swinging, gallopade waltz was the favourite dance, the cotillion not being much in vogue.

From The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway by Buffalo Bill

Matters are growing worse and worse, and in another week we shall positively not have enough to get up a tolerable gallopade.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright