n. pl. [ From Trap to dress with ornaments. ] 1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caparisons and steeds,
Bases and tinsel trappings. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]