gipon
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He wears, you see, a fustian gipon, which is stained with the rust of his armour.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
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
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
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
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