croper

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cropell, cropier, cropore, cropoure, cropper, croppere, cropure, crouper, croupere, croupyr, crowper, crowpere, cruppure

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cruper (“croupiere”); equivalent to croupe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kruˈpeːr/, /ˈkrupər/

Noun

croper (plural cropers)

1. A croupiere (armour covering a horse's hindquarters)

   Synonym: cropoun

2. The croupe or hindquarters of a horse.

Descendants

• English: crupper

References

• “crǒupẹ̄̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.