Sekirov Dictionary

crupper

UK /ˈkɹʌpə/US /ˈkɹʌpɚ/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

•
A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
- Our knight did bear no less a pack / Of his own buttocks on his back: / Which now had almost got the upper- / Hand of his head, for want of crupper. — 1662
The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.

verb1

To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.

forms

cruppered · cruppering · cruppers

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome