caparisoned

adjectiveC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Caparisoned means decked out in ornamental trappings. A caparisoned horse.

It is used of horses almost exclusively, and of the cloth that covered them in procession. A caparisoned horse announced whose it was before anybody could see the rider.

Definitions of caparisoned

1adjectivecaparisonedDecked out in ornamental trappings.C2
“The caparisoned horses took an hour to prepare.”

caparisoned is a quality.

Where it comes from

From caparison + -ed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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caparisoned in the wild

The horse, sometimes caparisoned in black, follows the caisson carrying the casket.
Riderless horse
Temples that can afford it will usually involve at least one richly caparisoned elephant as part of the festivities.
Temple festivals of Kerala
Surrounded by a thousand caparisoned elephants, our Kannan came towards me (to marry me).
Toranam
Razin and his mistress, a captured Persian princess, are afloat on a richly caparisoned boat on the River Volga.
Stenka Razin (Glazunov)
The annual Vela festival, celebrated by Nemmara and Vallangi villages after the paddy harvest, is noted for its display of fireworks and caparisoned elephants.
Nenmara Vallanghy Vela

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