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noun

Caparison n.

An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, especially when decorative. "Their horses clothed with rich caparison."

Gay or rich clothing. "My heart groans beneath the gay caparison."

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Etymology of 'Caparison'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Caparison" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the 21st of April they descried a single horseman urging his faltering steed along the banks of the Xenil. As he drew near they perceived, by the flash of arms, that he was a warrior, and on nearer approach by the richness of his armor and the caparison of his steed they knew him to be a warrior ...

— Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada • Washington Irving

... the Royall Standard borne Before him, as in splendrous Armes he road, Whilst his coruetting Courser seem'd in scorne To touch the earth whereon he proudly troad, Lillyes, and Lyons quarterly adorne; His Shield, and his Caparison doe load: Vpon his Helme a Crowne with Diamonds deckt, Which through the Field their ...

— The Battaile of Agincourt • Michael Drayton

... said, and then on each bestow'd a steed. Three hundred horses, in high stables fed, Stood ready, shining all, and smoothly dress'd: Of these he chose the fairest and the best, To mount the Trojan troop. At his command The steeds caparison'd with purple stand, With golden trappings, glorious to behold, And champ betwixt their teeth the foaming gold. Then to his absent guest the king decreed A pair of coursers born of heav'nly breed, Who from their nostrils ...

— The Aeneid • Virgil

Words linked to "Caparison" : horsecloth, beautify, dress up, stable gear, tack, decorate, ornament, barde