Louping \Loup"ing\n. [From {Loup} to leap.] (Veter.)
An enzo["o]tic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other
domestic animals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by
muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less
complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation
of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]