noun
- a decorative covering for a horse or for the tack or harness of a horse; trappings.
- rich and sumptuous clothing or equipment.
verb (used with object)
- to cover with a caparison.
- to dress richly; deck.
noun
- a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- rich or elaborate clothing and ornaments
verb
- (tr) to put a caparison on
1570s, “cloth spread over a saddle,” also “personal dress and ornaments,” from Middle French caparasson (15c., Modern French caparaçon), from Spanish caparazón, perhaps from augmentative of Old Provençal caparasso “a mantle with a hood,” or Medieval Latin caparo, the name of a type of cape worn by women, literally “chaperon” (see chaperon). Past participle adjective caparisoned is attested from c.1600, from a verb caparison (1590s), from French caparaçonner, from caparaçon.