crupper

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English croper, crouper, from Anglo-Norman cruper, cropere, from Old French cropiere, crupiere, from the same Germanic root as croup. Doublet of croupiere. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹʌpə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹʌpɚ/, /ˈkɹʊpɚ/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈkɹʊpə/ Rhymes: -ʌpə(ɹ) === Noun === crupper (plural cruppers) A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping. 1882, Edmondo de Amicis, Morocco: Its People & Places, tr. C. Rollin-Tilton: I sought among the mules one with a mild expression of generosity and gentleness in its eyes, and found it in a white mule with a crupper adorned with arabesques. The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse. Synonym: croup A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse. Synonym: croupiere ==== Translations ==== === Verb === crupper (third-person singular simple present cruppers, present participle cruppering, simple past and past participle cruppered) To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon. to crupper a horse === Related terms === curple