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Crupper

//ˈkɹʊpəɹ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
"Our knight did bear no less a pack / Of his own buttocks on his back: / Which now had almost got the upper- / Hand of his head, for want of crupper."
2
a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward wordnet
3
The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
4
A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.

Verb

1
To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.
"to crupper a horse"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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