gipon

American  

[ji-pon, jip-on] / dʒɪˈpɒn, ˈdʒɪp ɒn /

noun

1. jupon.

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gipon British  

/ ˈdʒɪpɒn, dʒɪˈpɒn /

noun

1. another word for jupon

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Example Sentences

Thus Chaucer, in the Prologue to his "Canterbury Tales," says of his knight's dress,   "Of fustian he wered a gipon   Alle besmotred with his habergeon."

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling

Of fustian he weared a gipon*, *short doublet Alle *besmotter'd with his habergeon,* *soiled by his coat of mail.*

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

Again, in his "Knighte's Tale,"   "Som wol ben armed in an habergeon,   And in a brest-plate, and in a gipon."

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling

The gipon was part of a man's attire, being, as Mr. Tyrwhitt defines it, "a short cassock," and was worn under the armor.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling

Some will be armed in an habergeon, And in a breast-plate, and in a gipon*; *short doublet.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing