in the manege, the buttocks of a horse, the rump; also a thong of leather put under a horse's tail, and drawn up by thongs to the buckle behind the saddle, so as to keep him from casting the saddle forwards on his neck.

CRURÆUS, or Crureus, Musculus, in anatomy, a fleshy mass, covering almost all the foreside of the os femoris, between the two vasti, which likewise cover the edges of this muscle on each side. See Anatomy, Table of the Muscles.