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caparisons

caparisons is the plural of caparison.

caparisons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of caparison.

Meaning of caparison

Noun

caparison (plural caparisons)

  1. The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
    • And the green of the caparison of the horse, and of his rider, was as green as the leaves of the fir-tree, and the yellow was as yellow as the blossom of the broom.1861, Charlotte Guest, transl., The Mabinogion/The Dream of Rhonabwy, translation of original in Middle Welsh
  2. Gay or rich clothing.
    • What boots it, that my Fortune decks me thus / With unſubſtantial Plumes; when my Heart groans / Beneath the gay Capariſon, and Love / With unrequited Paſſion wounds my Soul!1749, [Tobias George Smollett], The Regicide: Or, James the First, of Scotland. A Tragedy. […], London: […] [F]or the benefit of the author, →OCLC, Act III, scene iv, page 37

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Questions about caparisons

What is caparisons the plural of?
Caparisons is the plural of caparison.

Words near caparisons in the dictionary

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

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