A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time
Hungary seems to take credit as the birthplace of the Galop It was an old time dance, often introduced at the Country dances or following a Volte and Contra Danse as a contrast to their slow and somewhat monotonous steps In 2/4 time, it was a springy step with a glissade and a chasse
A fast 19th-century ballroom dance in 2/4 time, used frequently by the Strauss family
[ 'ga-l&p, ga-'lO ] (noun.) 1831. French; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.