Decorated old men on opposite sides at Waterloo died (7)

I believe the answer is:

papered

'decorated' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Another definition for papered that I've seen is " Decorated".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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