caparisoned
adjective/kəˈpærɪsnd/
/kəˈpærɪsnd/
- in the past a caparisoned horse or other animal was one covered with a decorated cloth
- 12 state coaches, each drawn by eight horses caparisoned in red velvet embroidered with gold
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from obsolete French caparasson, from Spanish caparazón ‘saddlecloth’, from capa ‘hood’ + -ed.Definitions on the go
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