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crupper

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌpə/

The English word “crupper” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
  2. The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
  3. A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.

verb

  1. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.

Etymology

From Middle English croper, crouper, from Anglo-Norman cruper, cropere, from Old French cropiere, crupiere, from the same Germanic root as croup. Doublet of croupiere.

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