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caparisoning

caparisoning is the present participle and gerund of caparison.

Meaning of caparison

Verb

caparison (third-person singular simple present caparisons, present participle caparisoning, simple past and past participle caparisoned)

  1. To dress up a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.
    • Come, bustle, bustle; caparison my horse1593, Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 5, Scene 3

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Questions about caparisoning

What is caparisoning the present participle and gerund of?
Caparisoning is the present participle and gerund of caparison.

Words near caparisoning in the dictionary

  1. capape
  2. capapie
  3. Capariaan
  4. caparison
  5. caparisoned
  6. caparisoning
  7. caparisons
  8. Caparra
  9. caparro
  10. caparros
  11. capas

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