Etymology

crupper

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Today it means: A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping. Full definition →

Middle English croper ← Anglo-Norman cruper ← Old French cropiere
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  1. Germanic · derived from
  2. Old French · derived fromcropiere
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcruper
  4. Middle English · inherited fromcroper
  5. English todaycrupper

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.

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