Trappings Definition

trapiŋz
trapping
noun
An ornamental covering for a horse; caparison.
Webster's New World
Articles of dress, esp. of an ornamental kind; adornments.
Webster's New World
The things usually associated with something as an outward sign of its existence or presence.
An expense account and other trappings of success.
Webster's New World

Clothing or equipment; that which gives the appearance of something.

He went through his belongings, gradually shedding the trappings of youth.
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Ornamental coverings or harnesses for a horse; caparisons.

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Trappings Sentence Examples

  • For the trappings of authority he cared little.

  • In front of the group, on a black horse with trappings that glittered in the sun, rode a tall man with plumes in his hat and black hair curling down to his shoulders.

  • His courage was mingled with a mean sort of cunning, and his ambition loved the outward trappings of power as well as its reality; yet he never swerved from his.

  • We baptized the infant and had all the usual trappings of Xmas, a tree, and plum pudding and even an open hearth.

  • The last ball attracted 80 guests who danced the night away surrounded by the trappings of a medeival castle.

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