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

galloper \gal"loper\, n.
   1. one who, or that which, gallops.
      1913 webster

   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
see also:
galloper gun 

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