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Definition of Crupper
1. Noun. A strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward.
Definition of Crupper
1. n. The buttocks or rump of a horse.
2. v. t. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.
Definition of Crupper
1. Noun. A strap used to stop a saddle from slipping. ¹
2. Noun. The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse. ¹
3. Noun. A piece of armour covering the hindquarters of a horse. ¹
4. Verb. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crupper
1. the rump of a horse [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crupper
Literary usage of Crupper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novelist's Magazine (1784)
"What the devil is it, then,' re- plied Sancho, ' if it is not a mule's crupper?'—'
It is the Prince of Cordova's garter,' ..."
2. Animal Husbandry for Schools by Merritt Wesley Harper (1913)
"strap or the check-rein is too short and the crupper is drawn too tight against
the tail, it is likely to cause soreness; since this is a very tender part, ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"(A.-N.) Supposed to be the projection put on the crupper to prevent tbe horseman
being pushed over the horse's tail by the thrust of a lance. ..."
4. A Complete Handbook for the Hospital Corps of the U.S. Army and Navy and by Charles Field Mason (1912)
"How to Turn the crupper.—The near packer takes hold with left hand on edge of
crupper, the right, palm down, near to dock; the off packer takes hold ..."
5. The Chronicles of England, France, Spain, Etc. by Jean Froissart (1908)
"which he spurred his horse and galloped up to the king, whom he approached so
near that his horse's head touched the crupper of the king's horse. ..."
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