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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Crupper

/(kr?p"p?r in U.S.; kr?p"?r in Eng.)/ · Crup·per · IPA /ˈkɹʌpɚ/
01 n. The buttocks or rump of a horse.
  1. 1.
    The buttocks or rump of a horse.
  2. 2.
    A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.
02 v. t. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.
  1. 1.
    To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.