单词 | crupper |
释义 | crupper[ kruhp-er, kroop- ] / ˈkrʌp ər, ˈkrʊp- / nouna leather strap fastened to the saddle of a harness and looping under the tail of a horse to prevent the harness from slipping forward. the rump or buttocks of a horse. armor for the rump of a horse. Origin of crupper1250–1300; Middle English cro(u)per, variant of cruper<Anglo-French. See croup2, -er2 Words nearby cruppercrunchy, crunchy-granola, crunk, crunode, cruor, crupper, crura, crural, crural canal, crural hernia, crural sheath Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crupperBritish Dictionary definitions for cruppercrupper / (ˈkrʌpə) / nouna strap from the back of a saddle that passes under the horse's tail to prevent the saddle from slipping forwards the part of the horse's rump behind the saddle Word Origin for crupperC13: from Old French crupiere, from crupe croup ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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