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Webster 1913 Edition
Crupper
Crup′per
(kr?p′p?r in U.S.; kr?p′?r in Eng.)
, Noun.
[Written also
crouper
.] 1.
The buttocks or rump of a horse.
2.
A leather loop, passing under a horse’s tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.
Crup′per
,Verb.
T.
To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon;
as, to
. crupper
a horseWebster 1828 Edition
Crupper
CRUPPER
,Noun.
1.
In the manege, the buttocks of a horse; the rump.2.
A strap of leather which is buckled to a saddle, and passing under a horses tail, prevents the saddle from being cast forward onto the horses neck.CRUPPER
,Verb.
T.