dyke-louper

English

Noun

dyke-louper (usually uncountable, plural dyke-loupers)

1. (Scotland) An animal that leaps the dyke surrounding its pasture.
   • 1827, Walter Scott, The Prose Works - Containing The Abbot, Kenilworth, The Pirate, The fortunes of Nigel, Quentin Durward · Volume 3, page 651:

     and for Steenie having been whiles a dyke-louper at a time, is it for you, who are his goldsmith, and to whom, I doubt

   • 1888, Granite Monthly Company, The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine · Volume 11, page 258:

     And Scott too, makes King James I use the word "dyke-louper" in reference to the escapades of of the Duke of Buckingham.

References

• “dyke-louper”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.