† cooˈperison, -izon Obs.
[Alteration of caparison after L. cooperīre to cover.]
= caparison.
| 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 102 Their armour and cooperizons of their horses. Ibid. 336 Any sadle..chapperon, cooperison, or other instrument. 1660 Waterhouse Arms & Arm. 67 A noble Horse..clad in Armour and Cooperizons. |
Hence † coˈoperize v., to equip (a war horse).
| 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 67 The cooperizing or furnishing of a horsse of warre. |