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Caparison

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.

    "And the green of the caparison of the horse, and of his rider, was as green as the leaves of the fir-tree, and the yellow was as yellow as the blossom of the broom."

  2. 2
    stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse wordnet
  3. 3
    Gay or rich clothing.

    "What boots it, that my Fortune decks me thus / With unſubſtantial Plumes; when my Heart groans / Beneath the gay Capariſon, and Love / With unrequited Paſſion wounds my Soul!"

Verb
  1. 1
    To dress up a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.

    "Come, bustle, bustle; caparison my horse"

  2. 2
    put a caparison on wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French caparasson (Modern French caparaçon), from Old Spanish caparazón, from Old Occitan capairon.

Etymology 2

From Middle French caparasson (Modern French caparaçon), from Old Spanish caparazón, from Old Occitan capairon.

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