caparison

• vt. 覆以马衣；盛装打扮
• n. 马衣；华丽的衣饰

1. stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

词源同cap, chaperon, 原指大帽子，大斗篷，后指各种披挂，装饰。

caparison (n.)

1570s, "cloth spread over a saddle," also "personal dress and ornaments," from Middle French caparasson (15c., Modern French caparaçon), from Spanish caparazón, perhaps from augmentative of Old Provençal caparasso "a mantle with a hood," or Medieval Latin caparo, the name of a type of cape worn by women, literally "chaperon" (see chaperon). Past participle adjective caparisoned is attested from c. 1600, from a verb caparison (1590s), from French caparaçonner, from caparaçon.