Meaning

3 senses
  1. A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.

    Schweifriemen, Schwanzriemen

    подхво́стникpodxvóstnik

    підхві́стяpidxvístja

    a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward

  2. The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.

  3. A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.

Translations

8 languages
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Origin

From Middle English croper, crouper, from Anglo-Norman cruper, cropere, from Old French cr

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.

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Forms

plural: cruppers
Singularcrupper
Pluralcruppers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
crupper — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto