jupon

American  

[joo-pon, joo-pon, zhy-pawn] / ˈdʒu pɒn, dʒuˈpɒn, ʒüˈpɔ̃ /

noun

plural

jupons

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

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jupon British  

/ ˈʒuːpɒn /

noun

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

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Then, carrying the dolls in her petticoat, she solemnly undid the button, let it slip down with the dolls inside, and placed it resolutely in the basket, saying: "J'y mets mon jupon!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 by Various

Indeed, it may be questioned whether any invention known to modern Europe had so sudden and wonderful a success or made the inventor so talked about as Eugénie's famous jupon d'acier.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin

If I can only lay my hand on that number—— but I’ve lent it to so many people, and there was a capital paper pattern in it too, of the jupon à l’Impératrice, ready pricked.”

From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

To have hinted that the jupon, camisole, and curl-papers were odious objects, or indeed other than quite meritorious points, would have been a felony.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

"It is a prisoner whom I have taken, and in sooth, as he came from the royal tent and wears the royal arms upon his jupon, I trust that he is the King of Spain."

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir