Definitions for caparison

caparison ca·par·i·son

Spelling: [kuh-par-uh-suh n]
IPA: /kəˈpær ə sən/

Caparison is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 571 anagrams from letters in caparison (aacinoprs).

Definitions for caparison

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)

  1. to cover with a caparison.
  2. to dress richly; deck.

Origin of caparison

1585-95; Middle French caparasson (now caparaçon) Old Spanish caparazón, akin to capa cape1

Examples for caparison

It is a costume imposing and picturesque; while the caparison of his horse is in keeping with it.

He then ordered the stablemen to caparison the two horses with handsome accoutrements.

caparison, ka-par′is-un, n. the covering of a horse: a rich cloth laid over a war-horse: dress and ornaments generally.

The caparison of the knightly steed appears to have been of five kinds.

caparison is used rarely and somewhat slightingly, and trappings quite contemptuously, for showy human apparel.

Mariposa said—respectful of the genius manifest in my caparison—that I looked "mos' ezzac'ly like a real, sure-'nough widder."

At the sound the grooms, who were here and there in the press, hasted to find and caparison the horses of their lords.

The bridling and caparison of his mount, a splendid chestnut, represented alone a small fortune.

In September she also gave him a quantity of cloth of gold, to make a caparison for his horse.

To his practised eye, their caparison tells that they are intended only for a short excursion, not a journey.

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