Crupper

[Fr. croup ière. See GROUP.] The buttocks of a horse; the croup. -A strap of leather, which pa es over the croup or rump of a horse, or a strap which is buckled to a saddle, and pa ing under a horse's tail, prevents the saddle from shifting forward. -v. a. To place a crupper upon, as a horse. Cru'ra. [Lat.] ( Anat .) The bundles of nervous fibres which expand into the hemispheres of the cerebrum ( crura cerebri), or of the cerebellum ( crura cerebelli ). Cru'ral, a . [Lat. crural is , from crus , cruris , a leg; akin to A.S. kshura , the hoof of an animal.] Belonging to the leg; as, the crural muscles. To crush a cup. To finish a gla of wine or grog. To crush out. To stamp out by pre ure; to obliterate; as, to crush out grape-juice, to crush out a rebellion. -v. n. To be pre ed into a smaller compa by external weight or force. -n. A violent collision or rushing, which breaks or bruises the bodies; or a fall that breaks or bruises into a confused ma . "Wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds." -Add is on . -A close, forcible pre ure of many persons together; as, to get out of the crush. Any