cropoun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cropen, cropon, cropyn, crowpyn, crupoun, crupun

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cropoun (“buttocks”) (continental Old French crepon); equivalent to croupe +‎ -oun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kruˈpuːn/, /ˈkrupun/, /ˈkrupən/
• (metathetic) IPA^(key): /kurˈpuːn/, /ˈkurpun/, /ˈkurpən/

Noun

cropoun (plural cropouns)

1. The croupe or hindquarters of an animal or monster.
2. A croupiere (armour covering a horse's hindquarters)

   Synonym: croper

Descendants

• English: croupon

References

• “crǒupǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.