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noun a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward
originFrom 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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