jupon
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English jupon, from Middle French jupon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jupon (plural jupons)
- (historical) A close-fitting sleeveless jacket, descending below the hips, worn over armour.
- 1700, John Dryden, Palamon and Arcite[1], Book III:
- Some wore coat armour, imitating scale,
And next their skins were stubborn shirts of mail;
Some wore a breastplate and a light juppon,
Their horses clothed with rich caparison;
- 1983, Jack Vance, chapter 26, in Lyonesse:
- He climbed three marble steps, crossed the terrace and entered a dim foyer, where a chamberlain silently helped him from his helmet, his jupon and his chain cuirass.
- A petticoat.
Esperanto edit
Noun edit
jupon
- accusative singular of jupo
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French jupon. By surface analysis, jupe + -on.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jupon m (plural jupons)
- petticoat, underskirt
- (colloquial) a bit of skirt
- (military) a sleeveless jacket worn over armor (medieval)
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “jupon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French jupon; equivalent to jupe + -oun.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jupon
- A jupon (an overcoat for armour, usually bearing heraldic symbols)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “jūpọ̄n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-16.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
jupon n (plural jupoane)