Found 2 items, similar to lope.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lope lope n 1: a slow pace of running [syn: jog, trot] 2: a smooth 3-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop [syn: canter] v : run easily
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lope Lope \Lope\, imp. of Leap. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser. [1913 Webster] Lope \Lope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loped; p. pr. & vb. n. Loping.] [See Leap.] 1. To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] “He that lopes on the ropes.” --Middleton. [1913 Webster] 2. To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] 3. To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people. [PJC] Lope \Lope\, n. 1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle. --T. B. Thorpe. [1913 Webster]