CAPARISON.
Synonyms:
| accouterments, | harness, | housings, | trappings. |
Harness was formerly used of the armor of a knight as well as of a horse; it is now used almost exclusively of the straps and appurtenances worn by a horse when attached to a vehicle; the animal is said to be "kind in harness." The other words apply to the ornamental outfit of a horse, especially under saddle. We[94] speak also of the accouterments of a soldier. Caparison is used rarely and somewhat slightingly, and trappings quite contemptuously, for showy human apparel. Compare [ARMS]; [DRESS].
CAPITAL.
Synonyms:
| chief city, | metropolis, | seat of government. |
The metropolis is the chief city in the commercial, the capital in the political sense. The capital of an American State is rarely its metropolis.