Trappings
['træpɪŋz]
Definition
(n. pl.) That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations.
(n. pl.) Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.
Checker: Zachariah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Dress, accoutrements, equipments, CAPARISON, paraphernalia, rigging, gear, ornaments, embellishments, decorations, frippery, finery, TOGGERY.
Editor: Ozzie
Examples
- The boy's eyes had lighted with pleasure as I spoke, and I saw him glance from his rusty trappings to the magnificence of my own. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In the guard-room of my palace are many fine trappings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Unseen we reached a rear window and with the straps and leather of my trappings I lowered, first Sola and then Dejah Thoris to the ground below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Relieving him of his trappings, which I flung down beside him, we left the poor fellow to his fate, and pushed on with the one thoat as best we could. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The officers were conspicuous through the wondrous magnificence of their resplendent trappings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The next evening Eustacia stood punctually at the fuelhouse door, waiting for the dusk which was to bring Charley with the trappings. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And I had also noticed that his shabby trappings but illy comported with his dignified and noble bearing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Cowards and slaves wear no trappings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Confusion to her goblin trappings! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Here the horrid creature squatted, surrounded by a hundred slave maidens sparkling in jewelled trappings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She threw off her trappings in the outhouse, rolled them up, and went indoors to her chamber. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Not a muscle twitched, nor a tremor shook his giant frame as a soldier of the guard roughly stripped his gorgeous trappings from him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Donning my trappings and weapons I hastened to the sheds, and soon had out both my machine and Kantos Kan's. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Yet could England indeed doff her lordly trappings, and be content with the democratic style of America? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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