Outward signs

• Symbolic accessories and adornments
• Accessory wearing apparel
• Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
• Paraphernalia

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "horse-cloth," from Middle English trappe "ornamental cloth for a horse" (c.1300), later "personal effects" (mid-15c.), alteration of Middle French drap "cloth" (see drape (n.)).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trappings \Trap"pings\, n. pl. [From Trap to dress with ornaments.] 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. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 clothing or equipment; that which gives the appearance of something. 2 ornamental coverings or harnesses for a horse; caparisons. Etymology 2 n. 1 (plural of trapping English) 2 Instances of trapping.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But this was a warrior king who had all the trappings but little of the reality of war. ▪ Freed from the trappings of conventional morality, Van Ness is at liberty to invent his own. ▪ I had the trappings of success, of social ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. accessory wearing apparel [syn: furnishings ] stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison , trapping , housing , housings ]