Meaning of caparison | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
2. Gay or rich clothing.

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Examples

“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.”

“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!”

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