2. (Mil.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly
mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
--Farrow.
[1913 Webster]
{Galloper gun}, a light gun, supported on a galloper, -- formerly attached to British infantry regiments. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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