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Webster 1913 Edition
Galloper
Gal′lop-er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, gallops.
2.
(Mil.)
A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
Farrow.
Galloper gun
, a light gun, supported on a galloper, – formerly attached to British infantry regiments.
Webster 1828 Edition
Galloper
GAL'LOPER
,Noun.
1.
In artillery, a carriage which bears a gun of a pound and a half ball. It has shafts so as to be drawn without a limbon, and it may serve for light three and six pounders.