CRUPPER


Meaning of CRUPPER in English

/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 of a horse.

[ 1250-1300; ME cro ( u ) per, var. of cruper 2 , -ER 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .