Definitions of crupper [ˈkrʌp ər, ˈkrʊp-]

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Definition of 'crupper'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) crupper
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. crupper
the rump or buttocks of a horse.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME cro(u)per, var. of cruper < AF. See croup², -er²)

Definition of 'crupper'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) crupper
a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward

Definition of 'crupper'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) crupper
the buttocks or rump of a horse

2. (noun) crupper
a leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards

3. (verb) crupper
to fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse

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