croupe, n.f., croup, crupper, the buttocks (of a horse), rump; top or brow of a hill; (arch.) hip-roof; body (of an edifice). Cheval à — de mulet; narrow-rumped horse. Être, aller, monter, en —; to ride behind another. — d’église; half-cylinder roof. En —; behind.
croupé, -e, adj., with a rump, crupper. Cheval bien —; horse with a fine crupper.
☉à croupeton, adv., squatting.
croupi, -e, adj., stagnant, putrid, ditch (water). De l’eau —e; stagnant water, ditch-water.
croupiader, v.n., to cast anchor by the stern-cable.
croupier, n.m., croupier (at a gaming-table); partner (of a gambler).
croupière, n.f., saddle-tie, crupper; (nav.) stern-cable, stern-fast. Tailler des —s à quelqu’un; to cut out work for anyone; (milit.) to put to flight. Mouiller en —; to cast anchor by the stern.
croupion, n.m., rump. Parlement —; the Rump Parliament.
croupir, v.n., to stagnate; to lie, to wallow, to be sunk in. — dans le vice; to wallow in sin. — dans l’oisiveté; in idleness.