caparison en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle French caparasson (Modern French caparaçon), from Old Spanish caparazón, from Old Occitan capairon.
Meanings
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The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
That very year they received an order from Gustaf II Adolf of Sweden (1594-1632) for a large number of tapestries and four caparisons.
2001, Walter A. Liedtke, Vermeer and the Delft School, page 520: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:
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| caparisons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (18)
io tegilo (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · fr caparaçon (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · it gualdrappa (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · da saddeldækken (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · fa برگستوان (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · pl kropierz (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · fi koristeloimi (ornamental) (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · bo སྒ་ཆས (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · ga gléas (gay or rich clothing) · ga gléas (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · ca gualdrapa (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · fi hepenet (gay or rich clothing) · ru попо́на (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · es caparazón (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · la ephippium (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · fi loimi (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · da skaberak (coverings for an animal, often ornamental) · ru чепра́к (coverings for an animal, often ornamental)