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in quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. Sir W. Scott.

A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.

Croupy.

See Crupper.

One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.

Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrance like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis. Croupous pneumonia, pneumonia attended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air vesicles of the lungs; ordinary acute pneumonia.

Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough.

The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats.

Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the c…

The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.

See Croup, the rump of a horse.

e, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus. -- False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane. -- False door or window (Arch.), the representation of a door or window,…

Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; -- said of certain horses.

The croup.

The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.

Membranaceous. Membranous croup (Med.), true croup. See Croup.

s long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok.

relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry. Spasmodic croup (Med.), an affection of childhood characterized by a stoppage of brathing developed suddenly and without fever, and produced by spasmodic contraction of the vocal cords. It is sometimes fatal. Called also laryngismus stridul…

ian boor driving his stridulous cart. Longfellow. Stridulous laryngitis (Med.), a form of croup, or laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspnoea, occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or stridulous breathing.

To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.