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Trappings

Trappings Meaning & Definition
Trappings Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Trappings?

[n] stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
[n] accessory wearing apparel

Synonyms | Synonyms for Trappings: caparison | furnishings | housing | housings | trapping

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See Also | accessory | accouterment | accoutrement | bard | horsecloth | saddlery | stable gear | tack

Trappings In Webster's Dictionary

\Trap"pings\, n. pl. [From {Trap} to dress with ornaments.] 1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations. Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. --Dryden. These but the trappings and the suits of woe. --Shak. 2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses. Caparisons and steeds, Bases and tinsel trappings. --Milton.

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