D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Loper

/lōp'-ẽr/ · Lop·er · IPA /lˈoʊpər/
01 n. One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes.[U.S.]
  2. 2.
    A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.(Rope Making)