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noun
A cowhide with the belly and neck removed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical
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noun
The croup of a horse or quadruped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
The human buttocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Borrowed from German Croupon, from French croupon, from Middle French crepon, from Old French crepon, from crope (“buttocks”) + -on.
Inherited from Middle English cropoun, from Anglo-Norman cropoun (continental Old French crepon), thus a doublet of Etymology 1.
