Synonyms for caparison
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh-par-uh-suh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈpær ə sən |
Définition of caparison
Origin :- 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.
- noun gear
- It is a costume imposing and picturesque; while the caparison of his horse is in keeping with it.
- Extract from : « Gaspar the Gaucho » by Mayne Reid
- The Caparison of the knightly steed appears to have been of five kinds.
- Extract from : « Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe » by John Hewitt
- Caparison, ka-par′is-un, n. the covering of a horse: a rich cloth laid over a war-horse: dress and ornaments generally.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- The bridling and caparison of his mount, a splendid chestnut, represented alone a small fortune.
- Extract from : « The Coming Conquest of England » by August Niemann
- To his practised eye, their caparison tells that they are intended only for a short excursion, not a journey.
- Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
- Mariposa said—respectful of the genius manifest in my caparison—that I looked "mos' ezzac'ly like a real, sure-'nough widder."
- Extract from : « When Grandmamma Was New » by Marion Harland
- Caparison is used rarely and somewhat slightingly, and trappings quite contemptuously, for showy human apparel.
- Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
- He then ordered the stablemen to caparison the two horses with handsome accoutrements.
- Extract from : « The Cid Campeador » by Antonio de Trueba
- At the sound the grooms, who were here and there in the press, hasted to find and caparison the horses of their lords.
- Extract from : « Joan of the Sword Hand » by S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
- In September she also gave him a quantity of cloth of gold, to make a caparison for his horse.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Mary Stuart » by Andrew Lang
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