Croup

kroop, n. The buttocks of certain quadrupeds, esp. of a horse; place behind the saddle. [F. croupe, crupper, hind part of a horse, Ic. kroppr, hunch* hump; same as crop.) — Crupper, Crouper, krup'er in Amer. krBp'er in Eng., n. The rump of a h'crsef a strap pa ing under a horse's tail and holding the saddle back. — v. To -with, etc. — Croupier. kroo'pY-er or kroo-per', n. One at the lower end of the table as an a istant-chairman at a dinner; one who watches the cards and collects the money at a gaming-table. [F.]