zombola
04-13-2015, 11:54 AM
\ kuh-PAR-uh-suhn \ , verb;
1.
To dress richly; deck.
2.
To cover with a caparison.
noun: 1.
A decorative covering for a horse or for the tack or harness of a horse; trappings.
2.
Rich and sumptuous clothing or equipment.
Quotes:
The fruit, the fountain that's in all of us; in Edward; in Eleanor; so why caparison ourselves on top?
-- Virginia Woolf, The Years
And he followed her order, bridling and saddling the horse and making every effort to caparison it well.
-- Chrétien de Troyes, The Complete Romances of Chrétien de Troyes
Origin:
Caparison originally referred to an elaborate covering for horses. It is related to the word chaperon
1.
To dress richly; deck.
2.
To cover with a caparison.
noun: 1.
A decorative covering for a horse or for the tack or harness of a horse; trappings.
2.
Rich and sumptuous clothing or equipment.
Quotes:
The fruit, the fountain that's in all of us; in Edward; in Eleanor; so why caparison ourselves on top?
-- Virginia Woolf, The Years
And he followed her order, bridling and saddling the horse and making every effort to caparison it well.
-- Chrétien de Troyes, The Complete Romances of Chrétien de Troyes
Origin:
Caparison originally referred to an elaborate covering for horses. It is related to the word chaperon