Caparison

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  • noun. An ornamental covering for a horse or for its saddle or harness; trappings.
  • noun. Richly ornamented clothing; finery.
  • transitive verb. To outfit (a horse) with an ornamental covering.
  • transitive verb. To dress (another) in rich clothing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cover with a caparison, as a horse.
  • To dress sumptuously; adorn with rich dress.
  • noun. A cloth or covering, more or less ornamented, laid over the saddle or furniture of a horse, especially of a sumpter-horse or horse of state.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Clothing, especially sumptuous clothing; equipment; outfit.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse.
  • transitive verb. To adorn with rich dress; to dress.
  • noun. An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, especially when decorative.
  • noun. Gay or rich clothing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
  • verb. To dress up a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. put a caparison on
  • noun. stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
  • Word Usage
    "His caparison was another mortification and failure."
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