Crupper

Definitions

1. A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
2. The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
3. A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.

Equivalents

Examples

“Our knight did bear⟳ no less a pack⟳ / Of his own⟳ buttocks on his back: / Which now had almost got the upper- / Hand of his head, for want⟳ of crupper.”

“he eſpied a mule's crupper, which hung to the ceiling of the room; this he took down, and tendering it to Don Quixote, went on, ſaying...”

“Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed⟳ me and give⟳ me water. In the afternoon I was put⟳ into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see⟳ if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let⟳ out a hole or two, it all fitted well. There was no bearing rein—no curb—nothing but a plain ring⟳ snaffle. What a blessing that was!”

“I sought among the mules one with a mild expression of generosity and gentleness in its eyes, and found it in a white mule with a crupper adorned with arabesques.”

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