Trāp'pings, n. pl.

n. pl. [From trap, v. t., 3.] 1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; external and superficial decorations. “Trappings of life, for ornament, not use.” Dryden. These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Shak. Affectation is part of the trappings of folly. Rambler. 2. Especially, ornaments put on horses. Caparisons and steeds, Bases and tinsel trappings. Milton.