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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Caparison

Ca-pār'i-son, n.

noun

n. [Fr. caparaçon, O. Fr. caparason, from Sp. caparazon, a cover for a saddle, coach, &c., from capa, cloak, cover, and arzon, fore and hind bow of a saddle, or from L. Lat. caparo, Pr. capairo, capairon, Fr. chaperon, hood, and the Spanish termination azon, as in corazon, heart, from Lat. cor.]

Sense 1. A cloth or covering laid over the saddle or harness of a horse; often rich and decorated; trappings.

Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Dryden.

Sense 2. Gay or rich clothing.

My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett.

Ca-păr'i-son, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CAPARISONED; p. pr. & vb. n. CAPARISONING.] [Fr. caparaçonner.] 1. To cover with a caparison or decorated cloth, as a horse. The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand. Dryden. 2. To adorn with rich dress; to dress. I am caparisoned like a man. Shak.