crupper

[ kruhp-er, kroop- ]

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.

  1. armor for the rump of a horse.

Origin of crupper

1
1250–1300; Middle English cro(u)per, variant of cruper<Anglo-French. See croup2, -er2

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How to use crupper in a sentence

  • Dame Bdard shall call me plaisant Robin if she ever tempts me again to mount her livery horse—'if fools only carried cruppers!'

    The Golden Dog | William Kirby
  • Cruppers for pack-saddles, adapted to very mountainous countries, like those used in Norway, can readily be made by travellers.

    The Art of Travel | Francis Galton
  • The excited spaniel, growing bolder, barked louder and ventured as far as their cruppers, feigning to be about to bite them.

    Strong as Death | Guy de Maupassant
  • The Turkish uniforms were bundled upon the cruppers for future use.

  • Many who lost their steeds were saved on the cruppers of their comrades.

British Dictionary definitions for crupper

crupper

/ (ˈkrʌpə) /


noun
  1. a strap from the back of a saddle that passes under the horse's tail to prevent the saddle from slipping forwards

  2. the part of the horse's rump behind the saddle

Origin of crupper

1
C13: from Old French crupiere, from crupe croup ²

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