hand gallop
English edit
Noun edit
hand gallop (plural hand gallops)
- A controlled gallop, in which the speed of the horse is restrained by the bridle-hand.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 235:
- He had ridden off at a hand-gallop within ten minutes after he had reached the barracks […] .