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

Crupper, krup′ėr, n. a strap of leather fastened to the saddle and passing under the horse's tail to keep the saddle in its place: the hind part of a horse.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

It stands to reason that, if Crupper is to divide with Smollet's rascals, each of Crupper's rascals must content himself with a smaller piece.

From A Woman Intervenes by Barr, Robert

Crupper and breast-band do not seem to be used,—but they are casual about their accoutrements,—and the bit is the single, jaw-breaking curb which American war-pictures show us.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

Crupper cabled from Carlsbad that he was ill, and had not been out of bed for a month.

From A Woman Intervenes by Barr, Robert

Senator Smollet cabled from Paris that there wasn't a word of truth in it, that he wasn't in London on the date mentioned, and had never seen Crupper there or elsewhere.

From A Woman Intervenes by Barr, Robert