Pourpoint
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpʊəˌpɔɪnt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pourpoint is a noun meaning (historical) A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Meaning
(historical) A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries.
More Meanings
- (historical) A doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- pourpoints
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gambeson, peascod, petticoat, gambison, paltock, gunpad.
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