jupon

[joo-pon, joo-pon; French zhy-pawn]

noun, plural ju·pons

[joo-ponz, joo-ponz; French zhy-pawn] /ˈdʒu pɒnz, dʒuˈpɒnz; French ʒüˈpɔ̃/.

a close-fitting tunic, usually padded and bearing heraldic arms, worn over armor.

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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Examples from the Web for jupon

Historical Examples of jupon

They agreed that he had fallen under the tyranny of the “jupon.”
By the Barrow River
Edmund Leamy
The jupon is seen in the two knights tilting, in the woodcut on p. 348.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages
Edward Lewes Cutts
The jupon was a garment which covered the body from the camail to just above the knees.
Chats on Military Curios
Stanley C. Johnson
Roquefort gives the form Jupe, but Jupon or Gipoun is more usual.
The Lay of Havelok the Dane
Unknown
And as to the camisole and jupon, I am not quite sure about them either.
Shirley
Charlotte Bront

British Dictionary definitions for jupon

jupon

noun

a short close-fitting sleeveless padded garment, used in the late 14th and early 15th centuries with armourAlso called: gipon

Word Origin for jupon

C15: from Old French, from Old French jupe; see jumper 1

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