caparison

caparison
n
1. trappings, housings; harness, tack, tackle, rigging.
2. finery, frippery, fancy dress, adornment, ornamentation, investiture, Inf. full or fine feather, Brit. Inf. full fig, Sl. fancy duds, Sl. glad rags, Sl. heavy threads; (all of a sumptuous nature) wardrobe, livery, dress, attire, apparel, Archaic. vesture.
3.(all of a sumptuous nature) equipment, equipage, apparatus, gear, accouterments, appurtenances, appointments; fixtures, fittings, habiliments, Inf. things; outfit, outfitting, turnout, rig.
v
4.(all with a caparison) outfit, fit out, git up, fit, rig up, rig out, rig, turn out, gear; equip, furnish, supply, provide, Obs. appoint.
5. deck, deck out, bedeck, trap, adorn, array, ornament; (all to a sumptuous degree) dress, dress out, clothe, vest, garb, attire, apparel, habit, Sl. dude up; gown, robe, drape.

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