Croup

Definitions

1. The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
2. An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“So light⟳ to the croup the fair lady he swung, / So light⟳ to the saddle before her he sprung.”

“The guib [a kind of antelope] is of the mean⟳ dimensions, or four feet and a half in total length, and two and a half high at the shoulders, but rather higher at the croup.”

CEFR level