This horse is called the caparisoned horse because of its ornamental coverings. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
His bay horse was caparisoned in crimson and gold. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
Her door is beset with richly-caparisoned equipages. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Horses were gayly caparisoned, and the riders richly dressed. From Wordnik.com. [History of California] Reference
Every charger was caparisoned -- the harness wrought with gold. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Verse] Reference
A small boy with a dirty face met another small boy similarly caparisoned. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
His horse was richly caparisoned, and bore a saddle of estate, covered with gold. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
In six days 'time he was a very perfect newt, decked and caparisoned for love or war. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
The horse was very richly caparisoned, and wore in his headstall a plume of varied feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
He came on the morrow, on a beautifully caparisoned horse, with red trappings and gold tassels. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
I sat for a long time by the well in Chézy and watched the troops go by, caparisoned with spoils. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
How splendidly he was caparisoned, from the white plume in his turban to his jeweled, carved stirrups. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
She rode upon a richly caparisoned jennet, her escort consisting of two hundred mounted nobles, men and women. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
The car was drawn by eight white horses, richly caparisoned, and led by as many grooms, who were all white men. From Wordnik.com. [Political Recollections 1840 to 1872] Reference
In one relievo a splendidly caparisoned state elephant flings its feet in imitation of the dancing girl near by. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference
My friend, the captain, lent me his horse, which I caparisoned and ornamented as well as I could on the occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
As we look upon the rider on his sumptuously caparisoned horse we are convinced that he is every inch a conqueror. From Wordnik.com. [Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts] Reference
Two tall footmen, caparisoned in velvet and gold, disappeared behind the curtain with the number of the next turn. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
He told me a great deal about the ancient Randolphs, and the way they had fought on caparisoned steeds with lances. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
He appeared mounted upon a white horse, caparisoned with a scarlet and blue cloth; gold tassels hung round the crupper. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
There was a press of grooms and led horses, richly caparisoned, outside the open doors of a new and very spacious palace. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
There was a noisy party within, caparisoned horses held by orderlies in the yard, and several automobiles under the sheds. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
He was seated upon a richly caparisoned Arab steed, guarded on all sides by stalwart natives armed with rifles and swords. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
He traversed the town on a horse as gaily caparisoned as himself, preceded by the twelve months, each dressed in character. From Wordnik.com. [A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide] Reference
Recruits, raw if you will, but already caparisoned, sniffing and scenting, as it were, for the great primordial mire of war. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
Compare to the car drawn by four white bulls, the gallant bay charger barded with steel, and caparisoned with cloth of gold. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
On the morning following, a neatly-caparisoned carriage is seen driving to the door of a little brick house in Crosby street. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Down in the Temple carriage drive the worried man could see a boy holding a mettlesome saddle horse, caparisoned for a woman's use. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
The streets were crowded with officers in habits of ceremony, mounted on horses richly caparisoned, each attended by a great many footmen. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
A burst of renewed cheering greeted the appearance of six cream horses, richly caparisoned with red and gold trappings, urged on by outriders. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
Pomeranian brown steeds of high mettle were guided by the skilful driver, horses and outriders being splendidly caparisoned in light blue and silver. From Wordnik.com. [In and Around Berlin] Reference
And they mounted on their fierce beasts, caparisoned as I have told you; and then she ordered that a door should be opened in the vessel where the griffins were. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864] Reference
The cardinals live in splendid apartments, and ride in massive coaches of purple and gilt, drawn by horses richly caparisoned, and attended by servants in livery. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864] Reference
Day after day he came, each time with more retainers, and, finally, he arrived mounted on a richly caparisoned camel with a hundred and one followers, all mounted as he was. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
When I sallied forth from the gate of the town, I noticed a slave holding the horse I rode the day before to the Devil's fountain, ready caparisoned and groomed as for a journey. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
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