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noun
- a strap used to stop a saddle from slipping
- 1882: I sought among the mules one with a mild expression of generosity and gentleness in its eyes, and found it in a white mule with a adorned with arabesques. " Edmondo de Amicis, Morocco: Its People & Places, tr. C. Rollin-Tilton
- the buttocks or rump, especially of a horse
- a piece of armour covering the hindquarters of a horse
Etymology: Anglo-Norman cropere, from Old French cropiere, from the same Germanic base as croup.
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