Caparison
Cloth covering laid over a horse or other animal for protection and decoration / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the covering laid over an animal. For the guitar company, see Caparison Guitars. For the caparisoned horse in military funerals, see Riderless horse.
A caparison is a cloth covering laid over a horse or other animal for protection and decoration. In modern times, they are used mainly in parades and for historical reenactments. A similar term is horse-trapper.[1] The word is derived from the Latin caparo, meaning a cape.[2]
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