ˈhand-ˈgallop
An easy gallop, in which the horse is kept well in hand to prevent excess of speed.
| 1675 Mistaken Husb. iv. vi. in Dryden's Wks. (1884) VIII. 626 If it rides but a Trot or a hand gallop. 1771 Smollett Humph. Cl. I. 29 May, I have..seen a waggon pass..at the hand-gallop. 1859 Lang Wand. India 11 She..goes off at a canter, which soon becomes a hand gallop. |
| fig. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. Ded., He is always..upon the hand-gallop. 1709 Brit. Apollo II. No. 16. 3/2 Sometimes an Hand-Gallop She goes in her Strains. |