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Webster 1913 Edition

(kr??-p?d′)

Noun.

[F., fr.

croupe

hind quarters.]

(Man.)

A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.

, CROOPADE,

Noun.

[from croup, or its root.] In the manege, a leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs, as if he drew them up to his belly.

croupade ‎(plural croupades)