Their caparisons of rich velvets, hung heavy with new gold fringes.
The caparisons may be doused in the Nerbudda, but the howdahs will not be in the least wet.
Chariots were to be seen drawn by horses, camels, or asses, with elegant caparisons (Isa.
It was a point of honor with the chivalry of the period to court danger by displaying their rank in the splendor of their military attire and the caparisons of their horses.
They were clothed in complete mail, over which they wore surcoats of violet-colored velvet, while the caparisons of their horses were of cloth of gold.
The same taste is visible at this day in their descendants, especially in South America and Mexico, where the love of barbaric ornament in the housings and caparisons of their steeds is conspicuous among all classes of the people.
Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade, and with sumptuous caparisons for their horses.
So lavish were the Castilians of that day in the caparisons of their horses, that some of these are estimated, without taking into account the jewels with which they were garnished, to have cost no less than two thousand ducats!
These horses, unlike those of the Italian gendarmes, wore no caparisons of dressed leather, which made them more exposed to attack.
The armor and the arms used in those days, especially those worn by knights and noblemen, and the caparisons of the horses, were extremely costly.
They were richly armed and clothed in the most brilliant colors, and the caparisons of their steeds flamed with gold and embroidery.
My lord Cid and the others have fettled them to ride, With armor and with horses and caparisons of pride.
Fair trappings and caparisonsgirded that steed about.
The second cock he crew; Forthwith upon the horses the caparisons they threw.
His caparisons and housings frequently descended so low that they were justly termed bases, from the French bas a bas, upon the ground.
He rode a noble white charger, whose burnished caparisons dazzled the eye with their splendor.
The beautiful animal in its perfect caparisons was in all respects an object of true admiration; but, compared with the rider, at once lost interest and dwindled into a secondary place.
Its caparisons were of the richest, softest bright blue Genoa velvet, deftly quilted and padded, so that the seat of the saddle was luxuriously soft and comfortable.
Some of their rich caparisons were of cloth of gold, others of European cloth, embroidered with gold, or thin native leather also embroidered.
Salammbo turned away from this unclean food, and fell asleep on the horses' caparisonswhich were spread in a corner of the hall.
Some clung to the fringes of the caparisons in order to climb up, but their hands were struck off with cutlasses and they fell backwards upon the swords' points.
FN#21] The word for caparisons is "acrann," the usual word for a shoe.
FN#22] The word forcaparisons is "acrann," the usual word for a shoe.
Lift him up, some of ye, and take him to my tent; he is evidently an officer, by his dress, and the rich caparisons of his horse.
In the Palace of the Guelphs in Florence, among the ancient arms, there may be seen some caparisons wrought very well by him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "caparisons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
