noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɹʌpə/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
US:/ˈkɹʌpɚ/
US:/ˈkɹʊpɚ/
Northern-England:/ˈkɹʊpə/
rhymes with -ʌpə(ɹ)
1
noun
Meaning 1
A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: croup
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: croupiere
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
to crupper a horse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strap
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kuskun
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Arabic:
ثَفَر
(ṯafar)
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Arabic:
قُوش
(qūš)
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Bulgarian:
подопа́шник
(podopášnik)
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Catalan:
rabasta
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
East Yugur:
ghudurgha
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Finnish:
häntähihna
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Finnish:
häntäremmi
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
French:
croupière
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Galician:
atafal
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Galician:
retranca
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
German:
Schweifriemen
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
German:
Schwanzriemen
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Hungarian:
farhám
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Hungarian:
farmatring
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Kazakh:
құйысқан
(qūiysqan)
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Latin:
postilēna
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Macedonian:
подопашник
(podopašnik)
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Mongolian:
хударга
(xudarga)
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Old English:
æfterrāp
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Polish:
podogonie
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Portuguese:
retranca
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Russian:
подхво́стник
(podxvóstnik)
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Spanish:
grupera
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Spanish:
ataharre
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Swedish:
svansrem
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Tagalog:
sabuntot
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Tagalog:
batikola
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Turkish:
kuskun
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Turkish:
at sağrısı
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Ottoman Turkish:
قوسقون
(kuskun)
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Ottoman Turkish:
پاردم
(pardüm)
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
Ukrainian:
підхві́стя
(pidxvístja)
— strap stopping saddle from slipping
