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crupper

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crup·per  (krpr)
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.]

crupper [ˈkrʌpə]
n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a strap from the back of a saddle that passes under the horse's tail to prevent the saddle from slipping forwards
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) the part of the horse's rump behind the saddle
[from Old French crupiere, from crupe croup2]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cruppercrupper - a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward
strap - an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
Translations
crupper [ˈkrʌpəʳ] N [of horse] → anca f, grupa f; (= part of harness) → baticola f
crupper
n
(of harness)Schweifriemen m
(= hindquarters)Kruppe f


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First, a stiff heavy collar just on my neck, and a bridle with great side-pieces against my eyes called blinkers, and blinkers indeed they were, for I could not see on either side, but only straight in front of me; next, there was a small saddle with a nasty stiff strap that went right under my tail; that was the crupper.
I'm homesick from ear-socket to crupper, and from crupper to hock-joint; but it ain't any use, I've got to stay here, till the old man drops the rag and give the word--yes, SIR, right here in this ------country I've got to linger till the old man says COME
But by ill-luck, before I had got half through with the words, Sir Gareth crashed into Sir Sagramor le Desirous and sent him thundering over his horse's crupper, and Sir Sagramor caught my remark and thought I meant it for HIM.
 
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