[lope] n [ME loup, lope leap, fr. ON hlaup; akin to OE hleapan to leap--more at leap] (1809) 1: an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter
2: an easy usu. bounding gait capable of being sustained for a long time
[2]lope vi loped ; lop.ing (ca. 1825): to move or ride at a lope -- lop.er n