intransitive. To descend, come down; to fall. Obsolete.

Of a horseman: To lose his seat and fall to the ground. Obsolete.

In passive: To be thrown from a horse.

To bring to the floor or ground; to knock down in boxing; to bring down (game). to be floored (of a horseman): to have a fall.

A heavy fall; usually in to come (fall, get) a cropper: often figurative.

Australian and New Zealand. A heavy fall; = burster, n. 1c. Frequently in to come (also have) a buster: = to come a cropper at cropper, n.3 Also figur…

intransitive. Of a rider: to fall or be thrown from a horse. Also: to fall or be knocked off a bicycle, motorbike, etc.

To be thrown from a horse without sufficient cause. (Cf. voluntary, adj. 7.)

to take a toss: to suffer a fall from a horse; also figurative.