crupper

n. 屁股, 马屁股 [医] 马臀

发音

UK /ˈkɹʌpə/
US /ˈkɹʌpɚ/
US /ˈkɹʊpɚ/
其它 /ˈkɹʊpə/

词形变化

cruppers 复数 cruppers cruppered cruppering cruppers 三单 cruppering 现在分词 cruppered 过去式 cruppered 过去分词

别名

crouper

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    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 crupper adorned with arabesques.

  2. 2.

    The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.

  3. 3.

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

v.
  1. 1.

    To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon.

    to crupper a horse

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

strap

词源

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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