croup
Pronunciation Noun

croup (plural croups)

  1. The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
    • 1808 February 21, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: Printed by J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, OCLC 270129616 ↗:
      So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, / So light to the saddle before her he sprung.
Translations Verb

croup (croups, present participle crouping; past and past participle crouped)

  1. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To croak, make a hoarse noise.
Noun

croup (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
Translations
  • French: croup
  • German: Krupp, Kehlkopfdiphtherie
  • Russian: круп
  • Spanish: crup, garrotillo



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