caparison

[US]/kə'pærɪs(ə)n/
[UK]/kə'pærəsn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ornamental covering for a horse, luxurious clothing
vt. cover with ornamental clothing, dress in luxurious clothes
Word Forms
Past Tensecaparisoned
Past Participlecaparisoned
Pluralcaparisons
Third Person Singularcaparisons
Present Participlecaparisoning

Real-world Examples

I added this saving clause, in the moment of rejecting four richly caparisoned coursers which I had had wild thoughts of harnessing.

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

Every other animal is by nature fully equipped and caparisoned for its work; its tools are ready for use, and it is ready to use them.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 6

Upon the car, which was drawn by four richly caparisoned zebus, stood a hideous statue with four arms, the body coloured a dull red, with haggard eyes, dishevelled hair, protruding tongue, and lips tinted with betel.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Besides, what can be more indelicate than a girl's coming out in the fashionable world? Which, in other words, is to bring to market a marriageable miss, whose person is taken from one public place to another, richly caparisoned.

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

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