▪ I. crup, a. dial.
[? var. of crump: cf. crup-shoulder.]
‘Short, brittle, as a crup cake; and fig., short or snappish, as a crup answer. Still used in Kent’ (Todd).
| 1736 Pegge Kenticisms, Crup, pettish, peevish. 1847–78 Halliwell, Crup, crisp, short; surly. South. 1887 Parish & Shaw Kentish Gloss., Crup, crisp. ‘You'll have a nice walk, as the snow is very crup.’ |
▪ II. crup(e
var. of croup n.1, hind-quarters.
▪ III. crup, v.
(krʌp)
[f. crupper.]
trans. To put the crupper on (a horse).
| 1881 A. C. Grant Bush Life Queensland I. viii. 97 A vicious kick or two when being crupped. |