jupon
a close-fitting tunic, usually padded and bearing heraldic arms, worn over armor.
Origin of jupon
1- Also gipon.
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How to use jupon in a sentence
The jupon was a garment which covered the body from the camail to just above the knees.
Chats on Military Curios | Stanley C. JohnsonThe upper classes wore a short jupon, or tight-fitting vest, parti-coloured, with narrow waist belt and tight sleeves.
A Handbook of Pictorial History | Henry W. DonaldThe jupon was made of a rich material, blazoned with the arms of the wearer, and was escalloped along the bottom edge.
A Handbook of Pictorial History | Henry W. DonaldKnights gave up the use of the camail and jupon, and were 117clothed in complete armour.
A Handbook of Pictorial History | Henry W. DonaldUnder the habit a jupon of cambric muslin with a deep border of needlework.
British Dictionary definitions for jupon
/ (ˈʒuːpɒn) /
a short close-fitting sleeveless padded garment, used in the late 14th and early 15th centuries with armour: Also called: gipon
Origin of jupon
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