Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CROUP
CROUP, n.1 [Fr. croupe, a ridge, top, buttocks; Sp. grupa; Port. garupa; It. groppa; W. crib; Russ. krivei, crooked; krivlyu, to bend.]
The rump of a fowl; the buttocks of a horse, or extremity of the reins above the hips.
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