CAPARISON Copy link • CAPARISON 1. s. tegumentum equi: stragulum, stragula; stratum; ornamentum equorum; phalerae (small semicircular shields of silver or gold, with which the head and neck of horses were adorned): a horse thus adorned, equua phaleratus: splendid embroidered caparison, babylonica (Lucr., 4, 1023. Ulp.). 2. v. equo insternere stragulum or stratum: equum tapetis sternere (Verg.).