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medieval armor's runway moment, dressing warhorses to terrify and dazzle before the killing started

jobdecorative cloth draping a horse for battle or pageantry
originfrom Spanish caparazon, meaning a saddlecloth or cover
heraldrydisplayed knight's coat of arms across the horse
double dutyintimidation device and shameless status flex
verb tooto caparison means to deck out lavishly
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