Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trappings \Trap"pings\, n. pl. [From {Trap} to dress with
   ornaments.]
   1. 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.

   2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.

            Caparisons and steeds, Bases and tinsel trappings.
                                                  --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

trappings
     n 1: accessory wearing apparel [syn: {furnishings}]
     2: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse,
        especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: {caparison}, {trapping},
         {housing}, {housings}]