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caparison (noun, verb) -
noun
1a: an ornamental covering for a horse
b: decorative trappings and harness
2: rich clothing : adornment
verb
: to provide with or as if with a rich ornamental covering : adorn
Source : Merriam-Webster
Etymology : Caparison first embellished English in the 1500s, when we borrowed it from the Middle French caparaçon. Early caparisons were likely used to display the heraldic colors of a horseman, and in some cases may also have functioned as protective covering for the horse. In British India, it was elephants, not horses, that were decked out with caparisons-and to this day both animals can still be seen in such attire during parades and circuses. It did not take long for caparison to come to refer to the ornate clothing worn by a man or woman. Caparison also serves English as a verb, a use first recorded in Shakespeare when Richard III commanded, "Come, bustle, bustle; caparison my horse."
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