croupiere

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croupiere

/kɹupˈjɛəɹ/

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Borrowed from French croupière. Doublet of crupper.

noun croupieres

Synonym of crupper (“armor for a horse's buttocks”). The Croupiere or Buttock Piece was also some times formed of plates of copper, brass or iron, though often of jacked leather, when the chanfron and poitrinal were of metal.
Similar: crupper

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@misc{croupiere_2026,
  title = {croupiere},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/croupiere},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}