crupper

crupper
Synonyms and related words:
back band, backside, backstrap, bearing rein, behind, bellyband, bit, blinders, blinds, breeching, bridle, butt, buttocks, caparison, cavesson, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar, croup, crownband, curb, gag swivel, girth, hackamore, halter, hames, hametugs, harness, haunches, headgear, headstall, hind end, hip straps, jaquima, jerk line, lines, martingale, nates, noseband, pole strap, posterior, rear, rear end, reins, ribbons, rump, saddle, shaft tug, side check, snaffle, surcingle, tack, tackle, trappings, tug, winker braces, yoke

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  • Crupper — attached to the back of a saddle A crupper (  / …   Wikipedia

  • Crupper — Crup per, v. t. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crupper — Crup per (kr?p p?r in U.S.; kr?p ?r in Eng.), n. [F. croupi?re, fr. croupe. See {Croup} the rump of a horse.] [Written also {crouper}.] 1. The buttocks or rump of a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. A leather loop, passing under a horse s tail, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crupper — ► NOUN ▪ a strap buckled to the back of a saddle and looped under the horse s tail to prevent the saddle or harness from slipping forward. ORIGIN Old French cropiere; related to CROUP(Cf. ↑croup) …   English terms dictionary

  • crupper — [krup′ər, kroop′ər] n. [ME crouper < OFr cropiere < crope, rump < Frank * kruppa: see CROP] 1. a padded leather strap passed around the base of a horse s tail and attached to the saddle or harness to keep it from moving forward: see… …   English World dictionary

  • crupper — noun /ˈkɹʌpə/ a) A strap used to stop a saddle from slipping. he eſpied a mules crupper, which hung to the ceiling of the room; this he took down, and tendering it to Don Quixote, went on, ſaying... b) The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse …   Wiktionary

  • crupper — noun Etymology: Middle English cruper, from Anglo French crupere, from crupe, croupe hindquarters more at croup Date: 14th century 1. a leather loop passing under a horse s tail and buckled to the saddle 2. croup I; broadly buttocks …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • crupper — /krup euhr, kroop /, n. 1. a leather strap fastened to the saddle of a harness and looping under the tail of a horse to prevent the harness from slipping forward. See illus. under harness. 2. the rump or buttocks of a horse. 3. armor for the rump …   Universalium

  • crupper — see CROP …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • crupper — sb. (of a saddle). Alys. 3421 …   Oldest English Words

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