pourpoint
English
editEtymology
editMiddle English purpoint, Anglo-Norman purpoint, spelled influenced by French pourpoint.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpʊəˌpɔɪnt/, /ˈpuː(ə)-/, /ˈpɔː-/, /-ˌpwænt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpʊ(ə)ɹˌpɔɪnt/, /ˈpuɹ-/, /ˈpɔɹ-/, /-ˌpwænt/
Noun
editpourpoint (plural pourpoints)
- (historical) A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- Coordinate terms: aketon, gambeson, haustement
- 1905-06, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel
- The old tunic, overtunic and cyclas were too sad and simple for the new fashions, so now strange and brilliant cotehardies, pourpoints, courtepies, paltocks, hanselines and many other wondrous garments, particoloured or diapered, with looped, embroidered or escalloped edges, flamed and glittered round the King.
- (historical) A doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “pourpoint”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “pourpoint”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “pourpoint”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “pourpoint”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpourpoint m (plural pourpoints)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “pourpoint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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