curple

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English

Etymology

A corruption of the Scottish crupper.

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Pronunciation

Noun

curple (plural curples)

  1. The hindquarters or the rump of a horse, a strap under the girth of a horse's saddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward
  2. (transferred) The buttocks, the posterior.