(intransitive) (of a two-legged creature) to move on foot at a rapid pace so that both feet are off the ground together for part of each stride (of a four-legged creature) to move at a rapid gait; gallop or canter (transitive) to pass over (a distance, route, etc) in running: ...
While my treatment of it in plain old cross stitch isn’t necessarily something that can be defended as a common historical usage, the use of these designs for both openwork (lacis or buratto, or even withdrawn thread designs) and surface embroidery on the count is well documented. Since I...