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crup⋅per

  [kruhp-er, kroop-]
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–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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME cro(u)per, var. of cruper < AF. See croup 2 , -er 2
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crup·per   (krŭp'ər)   
n.  

  1. A leather strap looped under a horse's tail and attached to a harness or saddle to keep it from slipping forward.

  2. The rump of a horse; the croup.


[Middle English crouper, from Old French cropiere, from croupe, rump; see croup2.]
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