Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Caparison

Caparison , noun

[French caparacon, from Sp. caparazon a cover for a saddle, coach, etc.; capa cloak, cover (from Late Latin capa, compare Late Latin caparo also from capa) + the term. azon. See Cap.]

1.
An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, especially when decorative.
Their horses clothed with rich caparison. — Drylen
2.
Gay or rich clothing.
My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. — Smollett

Caparison , transitive verb

[Compare F caparaconner.]

1.
To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse.
The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand. — Dryden
2.
To adorn with rich dress; to dress.
I am caparisoned like a man. — Shakespeare