Definition of cruppers Cruppers
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What does cruppers mean?
Wiktionary 
- cruppers (Noun)
Plural of crupper.
Part of speech
🔤- cruppers, noun, plural of crupper.
WordNet
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| crupper - a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward |
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- crupper (n.)
The buttocks or rump of a horse. - crupper (n.)
A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards. - crupper (v. t.)
To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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crupper
krup′ėr, n. a strap of leather fastened to the saddle and passing under the horse's tail to keep the saddle in its place: the hind part of a horse. [Fr. cropière—crope, the croup.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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crupper
The train tackle ring-bolt in a gun-carriage.
Part of speech
🔤- crupper, noun, singular of cruppers.
