lope

a slow and steady gallop. From Dutchverb loopen, to leap, to run. The word is Americanrather than Australian.

1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 35:

«Every body gallops here, or at least goes at a canter – – whichthey call the Australian lope.»

Lope
·noun A leap; a long step. II. Lope ·Impf of <<Leap>>. III. Lope ·vi To move with a lope, as a hor...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to lope
To leap, to run away. He loped down the dancers; he ran down stairs. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
lope
1) A leap; a long step.--Webster. A sulky ox refuses to move in the proper direction; off starts a ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
lope
leap'd, the perfect tense of leap. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
gant-lope
, or gauntlope (commonly pronounced gantlet). A race which a criminal was sentenced to run, in the...

The Sailor's Word-Book