Definition of Cruppers

1. Noun. (plural of crupper) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cruppers

1. crupper [n] - See also: crupper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruppers

crunkest
crunkle
crunkled
crunkles
crunkling
crunodal
crunode
crunodes
cruor
cruores
cruorin
cruors
crupper
cruppered
cruppering
cruppers (current term)
crura
crura membranacea ampullaria ductus semicircularis
crura of bony semicircular canals
crura ossea canalium semicircularium
crural
crural fascia
crural fossa
crural hernia
crural interosseous nerve
crural ring
crural septum
crural sheath

Literary usage of Cruppers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Horses, Saddles and Bridles by William Harding Carter (1895)
"cruppers.—Breast Straps.— Rules for Selection and Arrangement of Saddle and Pack. It seems incredible that the mechanical arrangement of the saddle, ..."

2. The Theory, Practice, and Architecture of Bridges of Stone, Iron, Timber by James Hann, Henry Moseley, Robert Stevenson, William Hosking, Emiland-Marie Gauthey, Thomas Hughes, Laurence Hill (1843)
"The two parts of the strand close to the cruppers are then bound for a length of 18 inches by a spiral ligature of annealed wire, No. 14. ..."

3. Driving for Pleasure: Or, The Harness Stable and Its Akppointments by Francis T. Underhill (1896)
"cruppers with buckles on all horses.* Loin straps and trace bearers are permissible ... cruppers with or without buckles on wheelers, but not necessarily on ..."

4. Hints on Driving by Charles Lewis William Morley Knight (1902)
"cruppers cruppers will be found quite unnecessary unnecessary except with as a ... For this reason it is a good plan to have the cruppers made martingale ..."

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