Crupper Definition

krŭpər

noun

A padded leather strap passed around the base of a horse's tail and attached to the saddle or harness to keep it from moving forward.

Webster's New World

The croup of a horse.

Webster's New World

The buttocks.

Webster's New World

verb

To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.

To crupper a horse.

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Other Word Forms of Crupper

Singular:

crupper

Plural:

cruppers

Middle English crouper from Old French cropiere from croupe rump croup²

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Anglo-Norman cropere, from Old French cropiere, from the same Germanic base as croup.

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