3 entries under this word

Lope

Lōpe, imp.

past tense

imp. of leap. [Obs.] “And, laughing, lope into a tree.” Spenser.

noun

n. [See infra.] A leap; a long step. [U. S.]

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. LOPED (lōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. LOPING.] [See LEAP.] To leap; to move or run with a long step, as a dog. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

He that lopes On the ropes, Show me such another wench. Middleton.