\Lope\, imp.
of {Leap}. [Obs.]
      And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.

\Lope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Loping}.] [See {Leap}.]
1. To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] ``He that lopes on the
   ropes.'' --Middleton.
2. To move with a lope, as a horse. [U.S.]

\Lope\, n.
1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]
2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
   [U.S.]
         The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal
         lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy
         as the motions of a crade.            --T. B.
                                               Thorpe.