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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trappings 
  n  :  accessory  wearing  apparel  [syn:  {furnishings}] 




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