Caparisoned

  • 111Moorcroft — This is an early English locational surname, found chiefly in the north and north western counties. Any of the various places called Moorcroft in West Yorkshire, or the lost place near Ormskirk in Lancashire that was called Morcroft , could be… …

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  • 112Lochwinnoch —    LOCHWINNOCH, a parish, in the Upper ward of the county of Renfrew, 4 miles (N.) from Beith, and 12 (S. by E.) from Port Glasgow; containing, with the village of Howwood, 4716 inhabitants, of whom 2681 are in the village of Lochwinnoch. The… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 113gerǽdod — adj harnessed, caparisoned …

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  • 114wígblác — adj bravely caparisoned …

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  • 115White Elephant — Thailand ensign bearing a green and red caparisoned white elephant …

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  • 116caparison — 1570s, cloth spread over a saddle, also personal dress and ornaments, from M.Fr. caparasson (15c., Mod.Fr. caparaçon), from Sp. caparazon, from augmentative of O.Prov. caparasso or M.L. caparo, the name of a type of cape worn by women, lit.… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 117caparison — [kə parɪs(ə)n] noun an ornamental covering spread over a horse s saddle or harness. verb (be caparisoned) be decked out in rich decorative coverings. Origin C16: from obs. Fr. caparasson, from Sp. caparazón saddlecloth , from capa hood …

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  • 118barded — a. Caparisoned, armed, barbed …

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  • 119adorned — adj 1. decorated, embellished, trimmed, garnished, furbished, ornamented; embroidered, elaborated, festooned; arrayed, bedizened, bedecked, decked out, trapped out, caparisoned; spangled, bespangled, studded, bestudded, beset; emblazoned,… …

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  • 120caparison — ► NOUN ▪ an ornamental covering spread over a horse s saddle or harness. ► VERB (be caparisoned) ▪ be decked out in rich decorative coverings. ORIGIN Spanish caparazón saddlecloth , from capa hood …

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