The difference between Crupper and Rump

When used as nouns, crupper means a strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping, whereas rump means the hindquarters of an animal.


Crupper is also verb with the meaning: to fit with a crupper.

check bellow for the other definitions of Crupper and Rump

  1. Crupper as a noun:

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

  2. Crupper as a noun:

    The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.

  3. Crupper as a noun:

    A piece of armour covering the hindquarters of a horse.

  1. Crupper as a verb:

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

    Examples:

    "to crupper a horse"

  1. Rump as a noun:

    The hindquarters of an animal

  2. Rump as a noun:

    A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.

  3. Rump as a noun:

    The buttocks.

  4. Rump as a noun:

    Remnant, as in .

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