crupper
Plural: cruppers
Noun
- a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward
- A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
- The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
- A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.
- pl. -S the rump of a horse
Verb
- To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English croper, crouper, from Anglo-Norman cruper, cropere, from Old French cropiere, crupiere, from the same Germanic root as croup. Doublet of croupiere.
Scrabble Score: 13
crupper: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcrupper: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
crupper: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
crupper is a valid Words With Friends word