gallop vs length

gallop

noun
  • The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. 

  • An act or instance of going or running rapidly. 

  • An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop. 

verb
  • To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. 

  • To ride at a galloping pace. 

  • To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines. 

  • To run very fast. 

  • To progress rapidly through the body. 

  • To run at a gallop. 

  • To cause to gallop. 

length

noun
  • The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race. 

  • The number of cards held in a particular suit. 

  • duration. 

  • A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines. 

  • The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. 

  • Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something. 

  • Distance between the two ends of a line segment. 

  • The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman. 

  • Total extent. 

How often have the words gallop and length occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )