Home › Words › C › croupierecroupiere/kɹupˈjɛəɹ/croupiere · noun — synonym of crupper (“armor for a horse's buttocks”).Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).croupiere is pronounced /kɹupˈjɛəɹ/.EtymologyBorrowed from French croupière. Doublet of crupper.nounSynonym of crupper (“armor for a horse's buttocks”).e.g.“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.” — 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 30:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.crupper 71% match — A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping. vs croupiere →croup 69% match — The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped. vs croupiere →curple 62% match — The hindquarters or the rump of a horse vs croupiere →croupade 62% match — A leap in which the horse pulls its hind legs up towards the belly. vs croupiere →cuirie 59% match — An item of leather body armor, a forerunner to the cuirass; a cuirass. vs croupiere →cuisset 59% match — Synonym of cuisse or cuissette. vs croupiere →culet 59% match — A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks. vs croupiere →cuisser 58% match — Synonym of cuisse. vs croupiere →