English Dictionary

crupper

/ˈkɹʌpə/

noun

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.

The horse's crupper kept the saddle in place.

意味（1）

A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.

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.

意味（2）

The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.

意味（3）

A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.