caparison

noun 2verb 1

Definitions

noun

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.

That very year they received an order from Gustaf II Adolf of Sweden (1594-1632) for a large number of tapestries and four caparisons.

2

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

To dress up a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.

Come, bustle, bustle; caparison my horse

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