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trappings

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trap·ping  (trpng)
n.
1. An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; a caparison. Often used in the plural.
2. trappings
a. Articles of dress or adornment, especially accessories.
b. Characteristic or symbolic signs: all the trappings of power.

trappings [ˈtræpɪŋz]
pl n
1. the accessories and adornments that characterize or symbolize a condition, office, etc. the visible trappings of success
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) ceremonial harness for a horse or other animal, including bridles, saddles, etc.
[from trap2]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.trappingstrappings - (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel
accessory, accouterment, accoutrement - clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

trappings
plural noun accessories, trimmings, paraphernalia, finery, things, fittings, dress, equipment, gear, fixtures, decorations, furnishings, ornaments, livery, adornments, panoply, accoutrements, fripperies, bells and whistles, raiment (archaic or poetic) His family evidently loved the trappings of power.
Translations
trappings [ˈtræpɪŋz] NPL
1. [of horse] → arreos mpl, jaeces mpl
2. (fig) → adornos mpl
shorn of all its trappingssin ninguno de sus adornos, desprovisto de adorno
that statement, shorn of its trappingsesa declaración, en términos escuetos ...
with all the trappings of kingshipcon todo el boato de la monarquía

trappings [ˈtræpɪŋz] nplprivilèges mpl
the trappings of power → les privilèges du pouvoir
the trappings of wealth → les privilèges attachés à la richesse

trappings
pl
(of admiral, chieftain etc)Rangabzeichen pl; (of horse)Schmuck m
(fig)äußere Aufmachung, äußeres Drum und Dran (inf); trappings of officeAmtsinsignien pl; shorn of all its trappingsaller Ausschmückungen entkleidet; he surrounded himself with all the trappings of powerer umgab sich mit allen Insignien der Macht

trappings [ˈtræpɪŋz] npl (of public office) → bardatura, ornamenti mpl (fig) (of success) → segni mpl esteriori
trappings [ˈtræpɪŋz] npl (of public office) → bardatura, ornamenti mpl (fig) (of success) → segni mpl esteriori

trappings
n pl trappings [ˈtrӕpiŋz]
clothes or ornaments suitable for a particular occasion or person all the trappings of royalty. frilletjies, sieraad بَدْلَة التَّشْريفات وما عَلَيْها من زينَه украшения ozdoby stads der Schmuck στολίδια, διακοσμητικά (πληθ.) (caballo) arreos; (caballo) jaeces; adornos, galas rõivad, ornamendid لباس تجملی merkit ornements עִיטוּרִים साज-सामान bogato ukrašena odjeća ünnepi díszruha pakaian (skraut)klæði ornamenti, insegne 装飾 장식, 장식 의상, 예복 atributai, grožybės parādes tērps/rotājums/ekipējums hiasan ornamenten klær og pynt, stas strój, wystrój, ozdoby aparato po­doa­be; însemne, semne distinctive внешние атрибуты; украшения ozdoba, výzdoba okrasje obeležje grannlåt, utstyrsel, mundering เครื่องประดับ giyim kuşam 官服, 服飾 амуніція; атрибути آرائشي ساز و سامان bộ lễ phục ,


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War was again proclaimed, however, and when the trumpet summoned him to his standard, the Soldier put on his charger its military trappings, and mounted, being clad in his heavy coat of mail.
Whether any of the relatives of the seamen whose names appeared there were now among the congregation, I knew not; but so many are the unrecorded accidents in the fishery, and so plainly did several women present wear the countenance if not the trappings of some unceasing grief, that I feel sure that here before me were assembled those, in whose unhealing hearts the sight of those bleak tablets sympathetically caused the old wounds to bleed afresh.
It has been long years since you revisited Earth, and never before in the trappings of Mars.
 
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