Crupper

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crupper \Crup"per\, v. t.
     To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to
     crupper a horse.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Crupper \Crup"per\ (kr?p"p?r in U.S.; kr?p"?r in Eng.), n. [F.
     croupi?re, fr. croupe. See {Croup} the rump of a horse.]
     [Written also {crouper}.]
     1. The buttocks or rump of a horse.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled
        to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crupper
       n : a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's
           tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "crupper":
     back band, backside, backstrap, bearing rein, behind, bellyband,
     bit, blinders, blinds, breeching, bridle, butt, buttocks,
     caparison, cavesson, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch,
     collar, croup, crownband, curb, gag swivel, girth, hackamore,
     halter, hames, hametugs, harness, haunches, headgear, headstall,
     hind end, hip straps, jaquima, jerk line, lines, martingale, nates,
     noseband, pole strap, posterior, rear, rear end, reins, ribbons,
     rump, saddle, shaft tug, side check, snaffle, surcingle, tack,
     tackle, trappings, tug, winker braces, yoke