gallopade

American

[gal-uh-peyd] / ˌgæl əˈpeɪd /

Or galopade

noun

galop.

gallopade British

/ ˌɡæləˈpeɪd /

noun

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

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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

The words do dance indeed; and "Cowley's Medley" combines the Polka and the Gallopade.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various

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