TRAPPINGS Copy link • TRAPPINGSornatus, -ūs (general term): phalerae (PROP., of horses; i. e., little golden or silver crescent-shaped plates, with which the neck, head, etc., of horses were ornamented; also of persons, especially military men, but worn sometimes even by women; Pub. Syr., ap. Petron., Sat. 55). To adorn with trappings, phaleris ornare: adorned with trappings, phaleratus. [Vid: ORNAMENT.] Horse-trappings, ornamentum equi (general term): phalerae (Vid: above). ImPROP., The trappings of woe, insignia lugentium (Cic.).