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crupper
[ kruhp-er, kroop- ]
noun
- 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.
- the rump or buttocks of a horse.
- armor for the rump of a horse.
crupper
/ ˈkrʌpə /
noun
- a strap from the back of a saddle that passes under the horse's tail to prevent the saddle from slipping forwards
- the part of the horse's rump behind the saddle
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crupper1
C13: from Old French crupiere, from crupe croup ²
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Example Sentences
The common horse is higher, leaner, less broad on the chest, and with the crupper thinner and more depressed.
From Project Gutenberg
He had placed the youngest before him, and the other, a boy of ten years of age, was seated on the mule's crupper.
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Back went Peter beneath the blow, back and still back, till almost he lay upon his horse's crupper.
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The back of the horse is protected by the Croupire or Crupper, which is made up of several pieces riveted or hinged together.
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In fetching her from the burg, the brutal leude had barely given her time to dress before lifting her on the crupper of his horse.
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