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单词 crupper
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
crup•per  (krupər, krŏŏp-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a leather strap fastened to the saddle of a harness and looping under the tail of a horse to prevent the harness from slipping forward. See illus. under harness. 
  2. Zoologythe rump or buttocks of a horse.
  3. Heraldryarmor for the rump of a horse.
  • Anglo-French. See croup2, -er2
  • Middle English cro(u)per, variant of cruper 1250–1300

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
crupper /ˈkrʌpə/ n
  1. a strap from the back of a saddle that passes under the horse's tail to prevent the saddle from slipping forwards
  2. the part of the horse's rump behind the saddle
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French crupiere, from crupe croup²
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