Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Covered with a caparison or decorated cloth, as a horse; decked; adorned.
- In heraldry, harnessed: used of a horse when saddled and prepared for the field.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a horse Having a richly
ornamented harness . - adjective
Dressed in richly ornamentedfinery . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
caparison .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings)
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Examples
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This horse is called the caparisoned horse because of its ornamental coverings.
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This horse is called the caparisoned horse because of its ornamental coverings.
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(In this entry, "ink erasers" have been updated to "toner cartridges," but the wonderfully illustrative word "caparisoned" remains.
CJR 2009
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And somewhere in the shadow of an old fort in Rajasthan, a caparisoned elephant weeps quietly into the desert sand.
Sandip Roy: Don't Cry for Them, Rajasthan: Katy Perry and Russell Brand Never Really Loved You Sandip Roy 2012
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And somewhere in the shadow of an old fort in Rajasthan, a caparisoned elephant weeps quietly into the desert sand.
Sandip Roy: Don't Cry for Them, Rajasthan: Katy Perry and Russell Brand Never Really Loved You Sandip Roy 2012
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His mount was caparisoned in flowing crimson silks emblazoned with the golden lion of House Lannister, and the white cloak of a Kingsguard knight flowed from his shoulders.
Trial of Seven grrm 2010
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And somewhere in the shadow of an old fort in Rajasthan, a caparisoned elephant weeps quietly into the desert sand.
Sandip Roy: Don't Cry for Them, Rajasthan: Katy Perry and Russell Brand Never Really Loved You Sandip Roy 2012
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To the west were the red-coats of the Royal Marines, and from the Union Club to the embouchure of Whitehall swept the glittering, massive curve of the 1st Life Guards -- gigantic men mounted on gigantic chargers, steel-breastplated, steel-helmeted, steel-caparisoned, a great war-sword of steel ready to the hand of the powers that be.
CORONATION DAY 2010
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When Queen Elizabeth came in sight, glittering with jewels and mounted on a brightly caparisoned palfrey, Will staggered to his feet and pushed the shutters open wider.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Liveried men and gaily caparisoned horses filled the area to capacity.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word caparisoned
"He had not, therefore, returned home the same way but had taken the quicker route to Jewry by going over the bridge and passing through the town so that he could see the carriages and caparisoned horses of the visiting Jews in Chaim's stable."
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin, p 37 of the Berkley paperback edition
February 24, 2012