crupper
Americannoun
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a leather strap fastened to the saddle of a harness and looping under the tail of a horse to prevent the harness from slipping forward.
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the rump or buttocks of a horse.
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armor for the rump of a horse.
noun
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a strap from the back of a saddle that passes under the horse's tail to prevent the saddle from slipping forwards
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the part of the horse's rump behind the saddle
Etymology
Origin of crupper
1250–1300; Middle English cro ( u ) per, variant of cruper < Anglo-French. See croup 2, -er 2
Example Sentences
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Ordinarily, the hatch is covered by a bronze version of a crupper strap, which runs from the saddle to a loop around the horse’s tail.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2013
The crupper strap in the Sherman Monument can be unscrewed and pulled aside to allow the hatch door to be lifted off.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2013
Lancelot leaned on the withers of his horse, lifted his right leg over the crupper, and found himself on the ground.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Tenderly he buckled the crupper, and the horse edged around to try to kick him.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Claes, when he parted from his brother, mounted his donkey once more, taking Ulenspiegel on the crupper behind him.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
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