What the stout old lady who showed us the "relics of old Guy" in 1847 called "Guy's breastplate," and sometimes his helmet! is the "croupe" of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850] Reference

  With well-timed croupe the nimble coursers veer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage] Reference

“Well, I am willing to venture the wine; or, I will bet you ten pieces to five, that I carry your portmanteau on my croupe, and out-trot you into the bargain.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rob Roy] Reference

Hills forms on hills, and croupe o'er croupe extends.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Columbiad] Reference

Well, I mounted her on the black horse, and rode her en croupe, egad -- ha, ha!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catherine: a Story] Reference

Gertrude mounted en croupe behind one of the men, and we set off at full gallop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicot the Jester] Reference

Scott's ballad of "Young Lochinvar" -- "So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2] Reference

The countess rode on horseback, and her female attendant en croupe behind one of the troopers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS] Reference

"Then, bring here the griffin of Signor Astolfo, and let me mount en croupe, and go to my wife.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicot the Jester] Reference

The jerk causes him to throw up his head, and he cannot without difficulty raise his croupe at the same time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding] Reference

A crupper (from French croupe ` hindquarters ') is a leather loop passing under a horse's tail and buckled to the saddle.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1] Reference

To get him to lead, place him between you and a fence; keep abreast of his shoulder, and show the stick towards his croupe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding] Reference

"A truce with your prating, dame," said Raoul, offering his assistance to help her from the croupe; but she preferred that of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Betrothed] Reference

Chaucer's 'Fryars Tale,' line 7141, 'thakketh his horse upon the croupe'; (2) the place behind the saddle, as here and in 'Young.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marmion] Reference

The long stick should be constantly held up towards his croupe, to keep him on, but ready to be shown towards his head to keep him out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding] Reference

He slipt the girth-buckle, and Rob, dropping down from behind the horse's croupe, dived, swam, and escaped, pretty much as described in the Novel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rob Roy — Volume 01] Reference

350 So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lochinvar] Reference

If the colt’s head is pulled in and his croupe driven out of the circle, mental sulks and muscular mischief must ensue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding] Reference

"Madame," said the marquis, after she had rejoined him and had mounted his horse/en croupe/, giving her own to the abbe, "my friends in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chouans] Reference

Fall on the croupe of the ill-fated laggard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Monastery] Reference

So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Children's Garland from the Best Poets] Reference

To pass, to wheel, the croupe to gain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marmion] Reference

(Bavard, baveux, à la croupe arrondie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poems] Reference