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crupper

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Noun
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crup=per

CIDE DICTIONARY

cruppern. [F. croupire, fr. croupe. See Croup the rump of a horse.].
  •  The buttocks or rump of a horse.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.  [1913 Webster]
crupperv. t. 
     To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

crupper, n.
1 a strap buckled to the back of a saddle and looped under the horse's tail to hold the harness back.
2 the hindquarters of a horse.

Etymology
ME f. OF cropiere (cf. CROUP(2))

THESAURUS

crupper

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

ROGET THESAURUS

crupper

Rear

N rear, back, posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, background, hinterland, occiput, nape, chine, heels, tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters, aitchbone, natch, natch bone, stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper, wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield, back, rear, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost, postern, posterior, dorsal, after, caudal, lumbar, mizzen, tergal, behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward, ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin.


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