Complete Definition of "caparison"

Image:Codex Manesse Heinrich von Rugge.jpg |thumb|Knight on caparisoned steed
English

Etymology
MF. from OSp. term|caparazón|lang=osp.

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

#:19th c. 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. � Anon., tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, s:The Mabinogion/The Dream of Rhonabwy|The Mabinogion/The Dream of Rhonabwy.

Verb
en-verb

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

#:1593 Come, bustle, bustle; caparison my horse � Shakespeare, Richard III, s:The_Tragedy_of_Richard_the_Third#SCENE_III._Bosworth_Field.|Act 5, Scene 3.

Category:Horses

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