Sunday, April 26, 2009

Caparison

Caparison: To dress an animal or a person in fancy dress. The caparison shares its etymology with cape from a time when a cape was an upscale fashion accessory.
Then we passed through the arched stone gateway into the courtyard of the ancient temple, where a morose, dull-eyed elephant stood caparisoned in crimson and gold silk.

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