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ca·par·i·son    Audio Help   [kuh-par-uh-suhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a decorative covering for a horse or for the tack or harness of a horse; trappings.
2.rich and sumptuous clothing or equipment.
–verb (used with object)
3.to cover with a caparison.
4.to dress richly; deck.
[Origin: 1585–95; < MF caparasson (now caparaçon) < OSp caparazón, akin to capa cape1]
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ca·par·i·son    Audio Help   (kə-pār'ĭ-sən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An ornamental covering for a horse or for its saddle or harness; trappings.
  2. Richly ornamented clothing; finery.

tr.v.   ca·par·i·soned, ca·par·i·son·ing, ca·par·i·sons
  1. To outfit (a horse) with an ornamental covering.
  2. To dress (another) in rich clothing.


[Obsolete French caparasson, from Old Spanish caparazón, from Medieval Latin cappa, cloak; see cape1.]

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caparison

noun
1. stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse 

verb
1. put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion" 

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Caparison

Ca*par"i*son\, n. [F. capara?on, fr. Sp. caparazon a cover for a saddle, coach, etc.; capa cloak, cover (fr. LL. capa, cf. LL. caparo also fr. capa) + the term. azon. See Cap.]

1. An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.

Their horses clothed with rich caparison. --Drylen.

2. Gay or rich clothing.

My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. --Smollett.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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