different between finery vs trappings

finery

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fa?n??i/

Noun

finery (countable and uncountable, plural fineries)

  1. (obsolete) Fineness; beauty.
  2. (countable) Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
  3. (ironworking) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.

Related terms

  • fine

Translations

See also

  • (charcoal hearth): refinery

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trappings

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From trapping.

Noun

trappings pl (plural only)

  1. Clothing or equipment; that which gives the appearance of something.
    He went through his belongings, gradually shedding the trappings of youth.
  2. Ornamental coverings or harnesses for a horse; caparisons.
Translations

Etymology 2

From trap.

Noun

trappings

  1. plural of trapping

See also

  • trapping

Anagrams

  • strapping

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