croupes

Çà et là, seulement, elle fait des taches jaunes sur l'herbe et sur les croupes des chevaux qui dorment debout.

Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Edmund Gosse 1888

The devil on two croupes at Hombourg is the very genteelest of demons imaginable.

The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims, In All Times and Countries, especially in England and in France 1870

The first three millions of that profit went to the treasury, which also received one half of the remaining gains, but croupes and pensions on the Farm were totally abolished.

The Eve of the French Revolution 1869

When the bargain had been struck and the advance paid, he announced to the Farmers that further croupes would be granted, and that sundry payments must be made to the treasury.

The Eve of the French Revolution 1869

The body should not previously be thrown back, but as the horse springs, the lower part of the rider being firmly fixed in the saddle, and the upper part perfectly pliable, the body will fall back of itself; and with strong jumping horses, or at down leaps, the shoulders of fine riders will constantly meet their horse’s croupes.

Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding George Greenwood 1837