Galloper

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Galloper \Gal"lop*er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, gallops.
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     2. (Mil.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly
        mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.


        --Farrow.
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     {Galloper gun}, a light gun, supported on a galloper, --
        formerly attached to British infantry regiments.
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