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croupere (s.xii3/4)
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croupere (s.xii3/4)

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croper,  cropere,  cropour,  croppere;  crouper;  cruper,  crupere  
  FEW:  *kruppa 16,417a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cropiere 9,255c TL: cropiere 2,1095 DEAF:  crope (cropiere)  DMF:  croupière  TLF:  croupière  OED:  crupper n.  MED:  crouper n.  DMLBS:  croparium 521b

s.

1hind-quarters: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  clunis: (A) croper (var. (D: xiii2) anglice crupe equi; (T: xiii/xiv) crupe de equo)  TLL ii 16
2equit.crupper, piece of tack (looped under a horses tail) that prevents the saddle or harness from sliding forward: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E cil cheval covert de crouperes entaillees  Rom Chev ANTS 2859
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Funt remender lur armeures E croperes e cuvertures  Ipom BFR 3170
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Le crouper de la seel (=saddle) sus la crope del cheval  BOZ Char 393
( 1423 )  .viij. cropers de velvet d’or rouge  Rot Parl1 iv 229
croupere harneis
equit.crupper, piece of tack (looped under a horses tail) that prevents the saddle or harness from sliding forward: 
( 1423 )  .i. cropour harneys ovec sonettes et lettres dorrez  Rot Parl1 iv 238
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