jupon
[joo-pon, joo-pon; French zhy-pawn]
- a close-fitting tunic, usually padded and bearing heraldic arms, worn over armor.
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Also gipon.
Origin of jupon
1350–1400; Middle English jopo(u)n < Middle French jupon, equivalent to Old French jupe a kind of jacket + -on noun suffix
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Historical Examples
They agreed that he had fallen under the tyranny of the “jupon.”
By the Barrow RiverEdmund Leamy
The jupon is seen in the two knights tilting, in the woodcut on p. 348.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle AgesEdward Lewes Cutts
The jupon was a garment which covered the body from the camail to just above the knees.
Chats on Military CuriosStanley C. Johnson
Roquefort gives the form Jupe, but Jupon or Gipoun is more usual.
The Lay of Havelok the DaneUnknown
And as to the camisole and jupon, I am not quite sure about them either.
ShirleyCharlotte Bront
jupon
- a short close-fitting sleeveless padded garment, used in the late 14th and early 15th centuries with armourAlso called: gipon
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Word Origin
C15: from Old French, from Old French jupe; see jumper 1
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