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

She had now divested herself of her bascinet and steel jupon, and the young squire saw before him a tall, stately lady of about thirty years of age.

From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Sur un bas rouge bien tiré Brille, sous le jupon doré, La mule blanche— in spite of these lines I did not find the Ischia women eminent, as those of Capri are, for beauty.

From New Italian sketches by Symonds, John Addington

"Tiens! c'est fermé," exclaimed Madame Talon, shaking the rough board door with all her meagre weight, "and I have walked eight kilometers to get a jupon, and with rheumatism, too."

From Where the Sabots Clatter Again by Shortall, Katherine

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

He had thrown off his green jerkin, and his chest was covered only by a pink silk jupon, or undershirt, cut low in the neck and sleeveless.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir