croper

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === cropell, cropier, cropore, cropoure, cropper, croppere, cropure, crouper, croupere, croupyr, crowper, crowpere, cruppure === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cruper (“croupiere”); equivalent to croupe +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kruˈpeːr/, /ˈkrupər/ === Noun === croper (plural cropers) A croupiere (armour covering a horse's hindquarters) Synonym: cropoun The croupe or hindquarters of a horse. ==== Descendants ==== English: crupper ==== References ==== “crǒupẹ̄̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.