caparison, n.
1. An ornamental covering for a horse or for its saddle or harness; trappings.
2. Richly ornamented clothing; finery.
tr.v. caparisoned, caparisoning, caparisons
1. To outfit (a horse) with an ornamental covering.
2. To dress (another) in rich clothing.
To the alcove of your tears
to your silken foot there the might of weapons far away
to my Spanish jennet
caparisoned with nerines with black stars with freesias.
--Valentine Penrose, “Beloved to love you,” trans. Mary Ann Caws
From Surrealist Love Poems
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