crupper

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a strap or loop passing under a horse's tail to prevent a saddle or harness from sliding forward

   The rider adjusted the crupper before leading the horse down the steep trail.

2. 2
   noun

   archaic: the rump or hindquarters of a horse or other animal

   Mud covered the horse from its crupper to its hocks.

Simplified etymology

Crupper comes from the Middle English word croup, “a horse’s hindquarters,” which was borrowed from Old French croupe, “rump.” The name refers to the part of a horse’s harness that passes from the saddle beneath the tail.

From Middle English croper, borrowed from Anglo-French croupere, 'strap attached to the croup,' from croupe, 'rump.' The equipment name and the older anatomical sense both refer to a horse's hindquarters.

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