Crup"per (kr?p"p?r in U.S.; kr?p"?r in Eng.), n. [F. croupire, fr. croupe. See Croup the rump of a horse.] [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.

 

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Crup"per, v. t.

To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.

 

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