An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative. Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen.
Gay or rich clothing. My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett.
To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse. The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand. Dryden.
To aborn with rich dress; to dress. I am caparisoned like a man. Shak.
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