Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trappings"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trappings \Trap"pings\, n. pl. [From {Trap} to dress with
ornaments.]
1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress;
superficial decorations.
Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. --Dryden.
These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
--Shak.
2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.
Caparisons and steeds, Bases and tinsel trappings.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trappings
n 1: accessory wearing apparel [syn: {furnishings}]
2: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse,
especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: {caparison}, {trapping},
{housing}, {housings}]
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