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Quotation dates: 1503
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Caprison, n. [e.m.E. caparison (1598), older F. caparasson.] A covering for the saddle or harness. — 1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 245.
Tua clathes of stait for the King and Quene, the caprison and othir graith, the tyme of the mariage
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