[a. F. caparassone-r, f. the sb.] trans. To put trappings on; to trap, deck, harness. Also fig.
1594. Shaks., Rich. III., V. iii. 289. Come, bustle, bustle. Caparison my horse.
a. 1797. W. Mason, Ep. Sir W. Chambers. O let the Muse attend thy march sublime And with thy prose caparison her rhyme.
1822. Byron, Werner, IV. i. He shall be straight caparison’d.
Hence Caparisoned ppl. a., Caparisoning vbl. sb. and ppl. a. Caparisonment, rare.
1600. Shaks., A. Y. L., III. ii. 205. Though I am caparison’d like a man.
1623. Sir F. Cottington, in Ellis, Orig. Lett., I. 284, III. 142. Their horses most sumptuously caparison’d.
1841. Elphinstone, Hist. Ind., II. 343. Trains of caparisoned horses followed.
