noun. A leather strap looped under a horse's tail and attached to a harness or saddle to keep it from slipping forward.

noun. The rump of a horse; the croup.

noun. The buttocks of a horse; the rump.

noun. A. strap of leather which is buckled at one end to the back of a saddle, or to the saddle of a harness, and at the other passes by a loop under the horse's tail, to prevent the saddle from slipping forward. Also crouper. See cut under harness.

noun. Nautical, the train-tackle bolt in a gun-carriage.

To put a crupper on: as, to crupper a horse.

transitive verb. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.

noun. The buttocks or rump of a horse.

noun. A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.

noun. A strap used to stop a saddle from slipping.

noun. The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.

noun. A piece of armour covering the hindquarters of a horse.

verb. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.

noun. a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward

"Perched behind him on the crupper was a cheetah, a gilded collar around its neck, a chain of silver links running between it and the groom's hand."

crupper bolt  crupper chain  crupper loop  crupper notch  rump  

strap  

drama  enamoured  farouche  inand  plat  

back band  backside  backstrap  bearing rein  behind