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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Croup

/(kro͞op)/ · IPA /kɹuːp/
01 n. The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.
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    The hinder part or buttocks of certain 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.
02 n. An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such …
  1. 1.
    An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria.(Med.) Also: membranous croup See: False, Diphtheria