What does "caparison" mean?
Caparison: Gay or rich clothing. My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett.
Additional senses
- 2.To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse. The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand. Dryden.
- 3.To aborn with rich dress; to dress. I am caparisoned like a man. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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