"crupper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹʌpə/ [UK], /ˈkɹʊpəɹ/ [Germany], /ˈkɹʌpɚ/ [US], /ˈkɹʊpɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crupper.wav Forms: cruppers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English crupper, crouper, cropere, from Anglo-Norman cruper, cropere, from Old French cropiere, crupiere, from the same Germanic root as croup. Doublet of croupiere. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crupper}} Middle English crupper, {{der|en|xno|cruper}} Anglo-Norman cruper, {{der|en|fro|cropiere}} Old French cropiere, {{der|en|gem}} Germanic, {{doublet|en|croupiere}} Doublet of croupiere Head templates: {{en-noun}} crupper (plural cruppers)
  1. A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping. Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts, Horse tack Translations (strap stopping saddle from slipping): kuskun [masculine] (Albanian), ثَفَر (ṯafar) [masculine] (Arabic), قُوش (qūš) [masculine] (Arabic), подопа́шник (podopášnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), rabasta [feminine] (Catalan), ghudurgha (East Yugur), häntähihna (Finnish), häntäremmi (Finnish), croupière [feminine] (French), atafal [masculine] (Galician), retranca [feminine] (Galician), Schweifriemen [masculine] (German), Schwanzriemen [masculine] (German), farhám [singular] (Hungarian), farmatring [singular] (Hungarian), құйысқан (qūiysqan) (Kazakh), postilēna [feminine] (Latin), подопашник (podopašnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), хударга (xudarga) (Mongolian), æfterrāp [masculine] (Old English), قوسقون (kuskun) (Ottoman Turkish), پاردم (pardüm) (Ottoman Turkish), podogonie [neuter] (Polish), retranca [feminine] (Portuguese), подхво́стник (podxvóstnik) [masculine] (Russian), grupera [feminine] (Spanish), ataharre [masculine] (Spanish), svansrem [common-gender] (Swedish), sabuntot (Tagalog), batikola (Tagalog), kuskun (Turkish), at sağrısı (Turkish), підхві́стя (pidxvístja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse. Synonyms: croup
    Sense id: en-crupper-en-noun-DFK6fT9e Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 25 6
  3. A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse. Categories (topical): Armor Synonyms: croupiere
    Sense id: en-crupper-en-noun-CxIJwR2T Disambiguation of Armor: 0 0 100 0 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 25 6

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɹʌpə/ [UK], /ˈkɹʊpəɹ/ [Germany], /ˈkɹʌpɚ/ [US], /ˈkɹʊpɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crupper.wav Forms: cruppers [present, singular, third-person], cruppering [participle, present], cruppered [participle, past], cruppered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English crupper, crouper, cropere, from Anglo-Norman cruper, cropere, from Old French cropiere, crupiere, from the same Germanic root as croup. Doublet of croupiere. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crupper}} Middle English crupper, {{der|en|xno|cruper}} Anglo-Norman cruper, {{der|en|fro|cropiere}} Old French cropiere, {{der|en|gem}} Germanic, {{doublet|en|croupiere}} Doublet of croupiere Head templates: {{en-verb}} crupper (third-person singular simple present cruppers, present participle cruppering, simple past and past participle cruppered)
  1. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon. Related terms: curple
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɹʊpəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɹʌpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɹʊpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "crupper"
  ],
  "word": "crupper"
}

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