Trap"pings (?), n. pl. [From Trap to
dress with ornaments.] 1. That which serves to trap or
adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations.
Trappings of life, for ornament, not
use.
Dryden.
These but the trappings and the suits of
woe.
Shak.
2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on
horses.
Caparisons and steeds,
Bases and tinsel trappings.
Milton.