crupper

American  

[kruhp-er, kroop-] / ˈkrʌp ər, ˈkrʊp- /

noun

1. 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.

2. the rump or buttocks of a horse.

3. armor for the rump of a horse.

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crupper British  

/ ˈkrʌpə /

noun

1. a strap from the back of a saddle that passes under the horse's tail to prevent the saddle from slipping forwards

2. the part of the horse's rump behind the saddle

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Etymology

Origin of crupper

1250–1300; Middle English cro ( u ) per, variant of cruper < Anglo-French. See croup ², -er ²

Example Sentences

Tenderly he buckled the crupper, and the horse edged around to try to kick him.

From Literature

Lancelot leaned on the withers of his horse, lifted his right leg over the crupper, and found himself on the ground.

From Literature

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

The man made no comment aloud, but jerked him roughly to the crupper; and bidding him hold fast, started the horse, which, setting off at an easy amble, quickly bore them out of F�camp.

From Project Gutenberg

These, too, they passed without suspicion, and so went jolting and clinking down the valley, every man with a bundle at his crupper, and strange odds and ends banging and swinging against his horse's sides.

From Project Gutenberg